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10. "President Donald J Trump is an expert builder who has fixed the Reflecting Pool for good," said Martin.

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 05:20 PM

19 hrs ago

Except it doesn’t reflect anymore. And I thought the water for the reflecting pool came from the tidal
basin and went through filtration and treatment and then after time it was put back into the Potomac
and new water replaced the old water. “It” was working just fine and “it” didn’t need Trump’s expertise.

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DC reflecting pool before-and-after photos show Trump's 'beautiful' renovation [View all] mysteryowl 21 hrs ago OP

Count me in as one of those "undewhelmed" by how the 14 million dollars slightlv 21 hrs ago #1

I say we fill the whole thing with organic matter and plant roses in it. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #2

Make sure he is laying on the bottom before the filling. Yellowdog-1966 4 hrs ago #14

After he's been processed into biochar, sure. littlemissmartypants 4 hrs ago #15

$12 Million in shitstain's pocket and $2 Million for the underpaid contractors that will actually get rooked dave99 21 hrs ago #3

Looks like a newly paved runway strip. No longer blends in with the landscape. chowder66 21 hrs ago #4

Ski-doo rentals are gonna be lit! purr-rat beauty 21 hrs ago #5

Snort! littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #6

Interesting popsdenver 20 hrs ago #7

Probably Helped By Changing The Water modrepub 20 hrs ago #8

Residual algae Nasruddin 20 hrs ago #9

"President Donald J Trump is an expert builder who has fixed the Reflecting Pool for good," said Martin. Botany 19 hrs ago #10

I wish they had spent that money on Luciferous 18 hrs ago #11

Is that Democratic Party blue? KY_EnviroGuy 15 hrs ago #12

He said, "Sir....... SergeStorms 12 hrs ago #13