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7. With all the expert opinions and information that's come out

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 12:33 PM

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Get a team of experts engineers etc and coke up with one long term plan.
Trump doesn’t want to rebid it out because he’d think people would think he’d been wrong.

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Trump's administration won't seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

And will there be new vandalism? sinkingfeeling Yesterday #1

Now that it's July 5th, you'll never hear about this project again newdeal2 Yesterday #2

Short attention span. He's already bored with Iran so Cuba look out. Ritabert Yesterday #4

Where ther bids the first time or just awarded ? republianmushroom Yesterday #3

Awarded to some firm that did work at his Virginia golf club. Ritabert Yesterday #5

It's weirder than that. pat_k Yesterday #20

Well the head of the firm lives in Palm Beach near Trump. Ritabert Yesterday #23

Atlantic Industrial Coatings, based in New Canton, Virginia, received a no-bid contract to waterproof and coat the floor pat_k Yesterday #27

To quote Curly Howard, The Madcap Yesterday #33

What complete bullshit Bayard Yesterday #6

This company should actually HAVE to redo it for no cost. They are responsible. LiberalLovinLug Yesterday #16

Trump says it's vandals, nobody says and different. dem4decades Yesterday #26

With all the expert opinions and information that's come out underpants Yesterday #7

"people would think he'd been wrong." pat_k Yesterday #22

It was a ratfuck all along Ponietz Yesterday #8

Burgum is such a nasty little guy Blues Heron Yesterday #9

Serious sycophant. Ritabert Yesterday #24

Who in this administration isn't? dem4decades Yesterday #28

They'll use the same company because they did a fantastic job???? Except maybe they didn't prepare the surface Vinca Yesterday #10

Well lonely bird Yesterday #11

Well, something sure wasn't right and while I'm no pool painter, I know surface prep is everything. Vinca Yesterday #15

You are correct regarding prep lonely bird Yesterday #17

I thought the piperliner 5000 was clearly inappropriate?!? pat_k Yesterday #19

OK lonely bird 22 hrs ago #36

It was exposed grey concrete. pat_k 21 hrs ago #37

And before it cured liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #12

I don't recall him getting out to inspect anything fargone 19 hrs ago #38

He didn't. liberalgunwilltravel 12 hrs ago #39

So that mean the toupee guy can mess it up further and be paid to do so. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #13

They didn't receive bids the first time mdbl Yesterday #14

"Thankfully, the vandalism was small." pat_k Yesterday #18

It "was small. It was bad. " uppityperson Yesterday #21

Yes. Caught himself there. pat_k Yesterday #29

From what I see the so-called gash is a trench between concrete slabs for drainage purposes Ritabert Yesterday #25

The only cuts are in expansion joint foam and were reported early. pat_k Yesterday #30

For the narcissist, it's just as good to be worse... ananda Yesterday #31

... it could fall into a felony ... just like damaging any other government property could IcyPeas Yesterday #32

"We'll have the same people do the same thing the same way as before! What could go wrong?" struggle4progress Yesterday #34

They could always arrest and charge more people LisaL Yesterday #35

My guess is that they will drain it... Hugin 11 hrs ago #40