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Bluetus

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27. The reporting is really confusing. Let me see if I can get it right.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #25)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 06:45 PM

5 hrs ago

The pool repairs coincided with the the installation of a TEMPORARY filtration system ("bubbler&quot , presumably because the permanent system was not working or needed a major overhaul.

The contractor did install the temporary "bubblers" and they were working.

The temporary bubblers required a noisy or stinky Diesel generator or pump.

Trump or somebody representing Trump ordered the contractor to turn off the bubblers during the UFC event because of the noise?

The Diesel was off for 36 hours, and when it was turned back on, algae had taken over the pool.

Is that the story?

That story makes zero sense. The reflecting pool is nowhere close to where the UFC event was staged. It is at least a half mile away. This story sounds like bullshit to me. Or being charitable, if there is some connection, then the reporters don't know how to explain it.

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So Trump had the anti algae filters ... nano bubblers ....removed from the Reflecting Pool for his UFC fight? [View all] Botany 16 hrs ago OP

the paint is actually a spray on closed cell foam, like a liner rampartd 15 hrs ago #1

The "vandal or vandals" would have needed some kind of scuba gear to go underwater to make that cut .. Botany 15 hrs ago #2

i am sure that there was at least one guy who knew every thing about that pool rampartd 15 hrs ago #4

The pool is only 18-30 inches deep. Why would they need scuba gear? 33taw 14 hrs ago #14

If there was a slit, popsdenver 10 hrs ago #21

Or caused by a motorcade of dozens of Range Rovers. vanlassie 1 hr ago #29

Saw them spreading some thick blue gunk. Igel 15 hrs ago #3

So lonely bird 12 hrs ago #17

Or been compromised by a number of 10-ton vehicles driving down the center of the pool...n/t the nelm 15 hrs ago #7

No, it is not lonely bird 14 hrs ago #11

Weve seen the "blades" quakerboy 11 hrs ago #18

It couldn't be cut the way they claim obamanut2012 9 hrs ago #22

So they've Dave Id 15 hrs ago #5

Antifa snuck underneath his motorcade to avoid detection as he drove through the pool IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #6

I'm 1,000% SURE that's what happened! lastlib 15 hrs ago #8

Nah. Thats gonna be quality work. quakerboy 11 hrs ago #19

We need to make him personally pay for all this mdbl 15 hrs ago #9

That clip was definately worth the watch! Thank you and Rhiannon for bringing it here! Maeve 14 hrs ago #10

A bubbling pool can't reflect images Farmer-Rick 14 hrs ago #12

So much disinformation. Scruffy1 14 hrs ago #13

Hydrogen peroxide Whyisthisstillclose 13 hrs ago #15

Stuff. Botany 13 hrs ago #16

I bought my wife a small pick up. BidenRocks 10 hrs ago #20

Sounds like he should have hired DU as the contractor. Wonder Why 9 hrs ago #23

And now the stupid fuckhead is blaming everyone else and getting away with it. Initech 8 hrs ago #24

How the Reflecting Pool Turned Green: Missing 'Bubblers' and a Rush Job (New York Times Gift Article) LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #25

The reporting is really confusing. Let me see if I can get it right. Bluetus 5 hrs ago #27

He needs an excuse for his next big beautiful no-bid contract struggle4progress 6 hrs ago #26

Delamination of incompatible paint on top of a poorly prepared substrate. Aussie105 4 hrs ago #28