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Trump today on social media when he should be concerned about the debacle he caused in Iran: "The United States Park Police have arrested multiple individuals for vandalizing our Nation's magnificent Reflecting Pool. Who would do such a thing? These are very serious crimes having to do with the destruction of National Monuments. Years in jail! Work will begin immediately on its repair."
In case you haven't been following, this is his way to blame his failure at the Reflecting Pool renovation on "vandals". I don't know. Color me skeptical.
H2O Man
(79,508 posts)He is the vandal. I'd like him to serve a few years.
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Shellback Squid
(10,253 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,637 posts)Next...the Huns.
eppur_se_muova
(42,920 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,637 posts)ybbor
(1,779 posts)Gaytano70
(1,309 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(15,558 posts)Xavier Breath
(6,731 posts)On our dime, no less.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,637 posts)Emile
(44,184 posts)Goonch
(6,028 posts)Last edited Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:56 PM - Edit history (1)

Scrivener7
(60,409 posts)KS Toronado
(24,226 posts)Liberal In Texas
(16,554 posts)probably for souvenirs. So, this gives him a way to validate the vandalism claim. A claim that says the problem hasn't been that the work was done incompetently, but someone(s) have ruined it.
More of his utter nonsense not taking responsibility for anything.
Lonestarblue
(13,661 posts)One mire grifting opportunity for the Imbecile in Chief.
slightlv
(8,220 posts)it's also his opportunity to once again spend unlimited and unaccounted for taxpayers dollars! Millions to do the damage, even more millions to repair the damage he did.
It's a racket and a pattern...
LisaL
(48,056 posts)One guy was riding his bike, they got him. He says he is not a vandal, and I believe him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/06/20/cyclist-arrested-reflecting-pool-denies-trump-vandalism-claims/
senseandsensibility
(26,069 posts)when he was reporting at the pool and pulled up some of the blue paint!
Emrys
(9,226 posts)SergeStorms
(21,102 posts)electrolytes.
Next: the garbambulanches.
BeneteauBum
(980 posts)Peace ☮️
paleotn
(23,106 posts)oasis
(54,378 posts)Trump is more full of shit than Bandini Mountain.
AverageOldGuy
(4,395 posts)peggysue2
(12,648 posts)Of course, Biden and Obama. And Hillary, too. It's a conspiracy of vandals sneaking in at night to ruin Baby Trump's YUGE success, a crystal clear reflecting pool where he can admire his own mug.
He'll do and say anything to shirk accountability.
The LIES are legion!
Beartracks
(14,757 posts)Talitha
(8,238 posts)flvegan
(66,688 posts)sakabatou
(46,567 posts)IIRC, someone just picked up a piece of debris, or got near it, or got a photo, and then got arrested.
Deuxcents
(28,332 posts)Sneederbunk
(17,788 posts)alterfurz
(2,700 posts)BadgerMom
(3,471 posts)Soul_of_Wit
(209 posts)GiqueCee
(5,118 posts)... generally known to be very intelligent creatures. But then, neither is Trump. He just added a new word to his lexicon of insults, and is spewing it at every possible opportunity. Like "Dum" without the "B" that nobody but him even knew was part of the word.
But more to the point, how would anyone, vandal or not, manage to introduce an algae that could spread from even several source points to encompass an area of water that is more than 2,000 feet long, 167 feet wide, roughly 2 feet deep, and contains nearly 7 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER?!!? And cover that vast area in a matter of days? Yeah, I don't believe it, either. And neither should anyone with the common sense of an old gym sock.
Trump is a pathological liar. That's an irrefutable fact. Trump never, ever accepts responsibility for anything. That's an irrefutable fact. He'd carve his own eyes out with a rusty spoon before he'd ever admit he was wrong about anything. That's an irrefutable fact. No vandal, or group of vandals, could fuck up the Reflecting Pool faster than Trump himself already did. That's an irrefutable fact. He has vandalized more government property in a shorter period of time than anyone in living memory. THAT IS AN IRREFUTABLE FACT!
relogic
(405 posts)He could have stopped after magnificent.
No POTUS has ever vandalized our NATION (DC REALESTATE included) as he. His self grandstanding, malignant narcissism impulses behind all this vandalism makes the destruction too infuriating to put into words.
returnee
(1,019 posts)it could be argued its no longer a national monument. He destroyed the monument.
Bo Zarts
(26,486 posts)Figarosmom
(14,886 posts)Put their hand in the water to touch the chips or something. None of them were "vandalizing"and will not even stand trial I would guess. They'll be released.
AverageOldGuy
(4,395 posts)1. Did you publish it on social media? If so, he's lying.
2. If he spoke those words, were his lips moving? If so, he's lying.
TygrBright
(21,422 posts)Martin68
(28,328 posts)Rose Garden and East Wing. He is vandalizing parkland and sacred sites by building his stupid wall through pristine country. Trump doesn't care about vandalism. He encourages it.