Trump has said he intends to prosecute people who dipped their hands in the Reflecting pool and.........

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5. The NYT screwed up.

There are so many things wrong with that article. For starters, slashes along a 20 foot long stretch in the foam (not the lining) becomes two 171-foot slashes - in the same paragraph. The source of the "documents" for the latter contradictory claim is not revealed. And was it a careless typo conveniently feeding into Trump's lies or is this the quality of journalism at NYT? What a rag the NYT has become.

The pool had been drained, resealed and then refilled by June 5. Four days later, Park Service workers discovered holes, cracks and peeling caulking in parts of the pool, along with cuts in sections of the foam, according to the documents.

The cause of the cuts was unclear. While a June 9 report by the U.S. Park Police described the cuts as “razor blade slashes” made along a 20-foot-long stretch of the foam, the administration has yet to present evidence supporting that assertion. The documents reviewed by The Times described them as two 171-foot blade cuts but did not address how they were made.

By June 16, workers had noticed that chunks of blue sealant that covered the pool’s bottom were peeling and floating to the surface, the documents show. That sealant was separate from the foam in the pool’s expansion joints, which allow its concrete slabs to expand and contract.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/trump-reflecting-pool-green-peeling.html

And that FOX News clip is thigh-slapping funny!