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senseandsensibility

(26,069 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 05:31 PM Jun 20

Anyone believe this?

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.

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Anyone believe this? (Original Post) senseandsensibility Jun 20 OP
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 20 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author greatauntoftriplets Jun 20 #5
the Visigoths will be next Shellback Squid Jun 20 #2
Followed by the Ostrogoths! greatauntoftriplets Jun 20 #8
Blame it on the Alans. See ICE start arresting everyone named Alan, Allen, etc. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 20 #31
Makes sense to me, at least as much as anything does these days. greatauntoftriplets Jun 20 #32
Alans you say... ybbor Jun 21 #34
Nicely done. Gaytano70 Jun 20 #28
Part of the plan to blame the pool's current state of others BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 20 #3
Yes, I'd call the contractor who did the job a vandal. Xavier Breath Jun 20 #4
Hell no. greatauntoftriplets Jun 20 #6
If true, how did he avoid being arrested? Emile Jun 20 #7
;-{) SELF MEDICATING Goonch Jun 20 #9
What an asshole. Scrivener7 Jun 20 #10
Just another Epstein distraction. KS Toronado Jun 20 #11
People are grabbing hunks of the blue paint (or whatever it is) floating up Liberal In Texas Jun 20 #12
So will it rake another $14 million to fix the pool again? Lonestarblue Jun 20 #13
Its not only his way of finding somebody (on the Left) to scapegoat, slightlv Jun 20 #14
Oh yea, they are arresting people. LisaL Jun 20 #15
He accused Jonathan Karl of ABC of being a vandal senseandsensibility Jun 20 #24
Just fill the bloody thing up with Brawndo and have done with it. n/t Emrys Jun 20 #16
It's got.... SergeStorms Jun 20 #21
Just more BS bluster BeneteauBum Jun 20 #17
Exactly. paleotn Jun 20 #18
One guy is "multiple individuals"? oasis Jun 20 #19
Biden and Obama sneaking in at night AverageOldGuy Jun 20 #20
That's it! peggysue2 Jun 21 #37
MAGA will believe it. Beartracks Jun 20 #22
Yes. Sadly, yes. They will believe it. Talitha Jun 20 #30
Not if Trump said/posted it, no I don't. n/t flvegan Jun 20 #23
No one is vandalizing it. sakabatou Jun 20 #25
Nah..that makes too much sense. It's antifa vandalism so off with their heads Deuxcents Jun 20 #26
All algae must be arrested and deported. Sneederbunk Jun 20 #27
yes, deport them back to Algaeria! alterfurz Jun 21 #43
Sorry. With all of the camera phones in the world, pictures or it didn't happen. BadgerMom Jun 20 #29
Next, let's find that guy vandalizing the White House (n/m) Soul_of_Wit Jun 21 #33
Vandals are not... GiqueCee Jun 21 #35
" vandalizing our Nation's magnificent..." relogic Jun 21 #36
After what he did to it... returnee Jun 21 #38
Vandals now .. Visigoths later? Bo Zarts Jun 21 #39
Probably people (tourists) like that photographer Figarosmom Jun 21 #40
When Trump uttered those words: AverageOldGuy Jun 21 #41
A vandal totally did this. His initials are D. J. T. n/t TygrBright Jun 21 #42
Trump pardoned HIS vandals after they damaged the Capitol building at his behest. He vandalized the White House Martin68 Jun 21 #44

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Liberal In Texas

(16,554 posts)
12. People are grabbing hunks of the blue paint (or whatever it is) floating up
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:45 PM
Jun 20

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)
13. So will it rake another $14 million to fix the pool again?
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:48 PM
Jun 20

One mire grifting opportunity for the Imbecile in Chief.

slightlv

(8,220 posts)
14. Its not only his way of finding somebody (on the Left) to scapegoat,
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:50 PM
Jun 20

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...

senseandsensibility

(26,069 posts)
24. He accused Jonathan Karl of ABC of being a vandal
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:04 PM
Jun 20

when he was reporting at the pool and pulled up some of the blue paint!

peggysue2

(12,648 posts)
37. That's it!
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:42 PM
Jun 21

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!





sakabatou

(46,567 posts)
25. No one is vandalizing it.
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:07 PM
Jun 20

IIRC, someone just picked up a piece of debris, or got near it, or got a photo, and then got arrested.

GiqueCee

(5,118 posts)
35. Vandals are not...
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:01 PM
Jun 21

... 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)
36. " vandalizing our Nation's magnificent..."
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:23 PM
Jun 21

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)
38. After what he did to it...
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:49 PM
Jun 21

…it could be argued it’s no longer a national monument. He destroyed the monument.

Figarosmom

(14,886 posts)
40. Probably people (tourists) like that photographer
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 03:24 PM
Jun 21

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)
41. When Trump uttered those words:
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 03:25 PM
Jun 21

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.

Martin68

(28,328 posts)
44. Trump pardoned HIS vandals after they damaged the Capitol building at his behest. He vandalized the White House
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 04:23 PM
Jun 21

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.

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