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Botany

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2. Time to drain it, get rid of that awful paint, go back to the original stone (granite), and put back in what

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:17 AM

7 hrs ago

the designers and builders had in it to begin with and that was to allow some of the water to seep out
of the bottom and back down into the water table/Potomac River.

Trump and his Florida Pool Company should pay for this out of their own pockets.

And why do we have The National Guard there?

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The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 7 hrs ago OP

How many more millions will it take? Sneederbunk 7 hrs ago #1

Time to drain it, get rid of that awful paint, go back to the original stone (granite), and put back in what Botany 7 hrs ago #2

Probably getting ready for the 4th of July events Ritabert 7 hrs ago #3

What an ongoing "shit show." Botany 6 hrs ago #5

Yes! Ritabert 5 hrs ago #7

Reflection of MAGA IronLionZion 6 hrs ago #4

I posed the question "Who will he blame?" louis-t 6 hrs ago #6

How about ANTIFA Vandals being paid by George Soros? Botany 5 hrs ago #8