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lonely bird

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17. You are correct regarding prep

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 03:02 PM

20 hrs ago

Also, if the material was off ratio it would cause issues.

Offal in the Oval driving on the surface didn’t help.

The entire project was, imo, rushed. Was there actually a specification? Was the specification followed? Was there third party inspection?

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Trump's administration won't seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool [View all] BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago OP

And will there be new vandalism? sinkingfeeling 23 hrs ago #1

Now that it's July 5th, you'll never hear about this project again newdeal2 23 hrs ago #2

Short attention span. He's already bored with Iran so Cuba look out. Ritabert 23 hrs ago #4

Where ther bids the first time or just awarded ? republianmushroom 23 hrs ago #3

Awarded to some firm that did work at his Virginia golf club. Ritabert 23 hrs ago #5

It's weirder than that. pat_k 20 hrs ago #20

Well the head of the firm lives in Palm Beach near Trump. Ritabert 20 hrs ago #23

Atlantic Industrial Coatings, based in New Canton, Virginia, received a no-bid contract to waterproof and coat the floor pat_k 19 hrs ago #27

To quote Curly Howard, The Madcap 18 hrs ago #33

What complete bullshit Bayard 23 hrs ago #6

This company should actually HAVE to redo it for no cost. They are responsible. LiberalLovinLug 20 hrs ago #16

Trump says it's vandals, nobody says and different. dem4decades 20 hrs ago #26

With all the expert opinions and information that's come out underpants 22 hrs ago #7

"people would think he'd been wrong." pat_k 20 hrs ago #22

It was a ratfuck all along Ponietz 22 hrs ago #8

Burgum is such a nasty little guy Blues Heron 22 hrs ago #9

Serious sycophant. Ritabert 20 hrs ago #24

Who in this administration isn't? dem4decades 19 hrs ago #28

They'll use the same company because they did a fantastic job???? Except maybe they didn't prepare the surface Vinca 22 hrs ago #10

Well lonely bird 22 hrs ago #11

Well, something sure wasn't right and while I'm no pool painter, I know surface prep is everything. Vinca 20 hrs ago #15

You are correct regarding prep lonely bird 20 hrs ago #17

I thought the piperliner 5000 was clearly inappropriate?!? pat_k 20 hrs ago #19

OK lonely bird 14 hrs ago #36

It was exposed grey concrete. pat_k 14 hrs ago #37

And before it cured liberalgunwilltravel 22 hrs ago #12

I don't recall him getting out to inspect anything fargone 12 hrs ago #38

He didn't. liberalgunwilltravel 4 hrs ago #39

So that mean the toupee guy can mess it up further and be paid to do so. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 21 hrs ago #13

They didn't receive bids the first time mdbl 21 hrs ago #14

"Thankfully, the vandalism was small." pat_k 20 hrs ago #18

It "was small. It was bad. " uppityperson 20 hrs ago #21

Yes. Caught himself there. pat_k 19 hrs ago #29

From what I see the so-called gash is a trench between concrete slabs for drainage purposes Ritabert 20 hrs ago #25

The only cuts are in expansion joint foam and were reported early. pat_k 19 hrs ago #30

For the narcissist, it's just as good to be worse... ananda 18 hrs ago #31

... it could fall into a felony ... just like damaging any other government property could IcyPeas 18 hrs ago #32

"We'll have the same people do the same thing the same way as before! What could go wrong?" struggle4progress 17 hrs ago #34

They could always arrest and charge more people LisaL 17 hrs ago #35

My guess is that they will drain it... Hugin 3 hrs ago #40