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senseandsensibility

(25,951 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2026, 05:31 PM 11 hrs ago

Anyone believe this? [View all]

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? [View all] senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago OP

Recommended. H2O Man 11 hrs ago #1

This message was self-deleted by its author greatauntoftriplets 11 hrs ago #5

the Visigoths will be next Shellback Squid 11 hrs ago #2

Followed by the Ostrogoths! greatauntoftriplets 11 hrs ago #8

Blame it on the Alans. See ICE start arresting everyone named Alan, Allen, etc. nt eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #31

Makes sense to me, at least as much as anything does these days. greatauntoftriplets 6 hrs ago #32

Nicely done. Gaytano70 8 hrs ago #28

Part of the plan to blame the pool's current state of others BlueWaveNeverEnd 11 hrs ago #3

Yes, I'd call the contractor who did the job a vandal. Xavier Breath 11 hrs ago #4

Hell no. greatauntoftriplets 11 hrs ago #6

If true, how did he avoid being arrested? Emile 11 hrs ago #7

;-{) SELF MEDICATING Goonch 11 hrs ago #9

What an asshole. Scrivener7 10 hrs ago #10

Just another Epstein distraction. KS Toronado 10 hrs ago #11

People are grabbing hunks of the blue paint (or whatever it is) floating up Liberal In Texas 10 hrs ago #12

So will it rake another $14 million to fix the pool again? Lonestarblue 10 hrs ago #13

Its not only his way of finding somebody (on the Left) to scapegoat, slightlv 10 hrs ago #14

Oh yea, they are arresting people. LisaL 9 hrs ago #15

He accused Jonathan Karl of ABC of being a vandal senseandsensibility 8 hrs ago #24

Just fill the bloody thing up with Brawndo and have done with it. n/t Emrys 9 hrs ago #16

It's got.... SergeStorms 8 hrs ago #21

Just more BS bluster BeneteauBum 9 hrs ago #17

Exactly. paleotn 9 hrs ago #18

One guy is "multiple individuals"? oasis 9 hrs ago #19

Biden and Obama sneaking in at night AverageOldGuy 8 hrs ago #20

MAGA will believe it. Beartracks 8 hrs ago #22

Yes. Sadly, yes. They will believe it. Talitha 7 hrs ago #30

Not if Trump said/posted it, no I don't. n/t flvegan 8 hrs ago #23

No one is vandalizing it. sakabatou 8 hrs ago #25

Nah..that makes too much sense. It's antifa vandalism so off with their heads Deuxcents 8 hrs ago #26

All algae must be arrested and deported. Sneederbunk 8 hrs ago #27

Sorry. With all of the camera phones in the world, pictures or it didn't happen. BadgerMom 7 hrs ago #29