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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
(79,446 posts)He is the vandal. I'd like him to serve a few years.
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Shellback Squid
(10,220 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,527 posts)Next...the Huns.
eppur_se_muova
(42,868 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,527 posts)Gaytano70
(1,301 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(15,416 posts)Xavier Breath
(6,717 posts)On our dime, no less.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,527 posts)Emile
(44,018 posts)Goonch
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Scrivener7
(60,299 posts)KS Toronado
(24,120 posts)Liberal In Texas
(16,520 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
(13,618 posts)One mire grifting opportunity for the Imbecile in Chief.
slightlv
(8,166 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
(47,960 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
(25,951 posts)when he was reporting at the pool and pulled up some of the blue paint!
Emrys
(9,220 posts)SergeStorms
(21,025 posts)electrolytes.
Next: the garbambulanches.
BeneteauBum
(919 posts)Peace ☮️
paleotn
(23,038 posts)oasis
(54,263 posts)Trump is more full of shit than Bandini Mountain.
AverageOldGuy
(4,337 posts)Beartracks
(14,731 posts)Talitha
(8,213 posts)flvegan
(66,642 posts)sakabatou
(46,523 posts)IIRC, someone just picked up a piece of debris, or got near it, or got a photo, and then got arrested.