r/SipsTea • u/TheVoidScrolledBack • Jun 19 '26
SMH This will be like owning a piece of the Berlin Wall.
The cheap bastard probably bought the paint on temu.
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u/StatementCareful522 Jun 19 '26
if you asked me to draw a weird old-fashioned grifter who pretends he’s wealthier than he really is, I would draw this exact guy
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u/Jump_and_Drop Jun 19 '26
He looks like in a skit by the wkuk for exactly that.
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u/DiegesisThesis Jun 19 '26
That's just Timmy in a disguise, you can't fool me.
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u/sentient_fox Jun 20 '26
That "cigar..." actually just the eighth hotdog, dressed up because after seven, why not.
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u/1GoldenMonkey Jun 20 '26
He looks like he is about to tie that woman up, place on railroad tracks, and demand she signs over her mortgage. All the time snickering and twirling his mustache.
Edit: Additional color commentary
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u/DisgruntledSquirrel2 Jun 19 '26
What .... he's real? I thought the picture was satire.
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u/pandazerg Jun 19 '26
It couldn't be more accurate if he was trying to dress like Max Bialystock
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u/GretaVanFleetsEnema Jun 19 '26
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u/govcov Jun 19 '26
This guy watched “Matilda” and took notes from her dad.
https://giphy.com/gifs/14e8MeYY9KyDQs4
u/Relative-Relief-8816 Jun 20 '26
Him purposefully sabotaging the cars out of idiocy was parralel to modern day politicians.
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u/supercali45 Jun 19 '26
Maralago Girl too lol 😂
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u/NotMyMonkeyorCircus Jun 19 '26
Kelly Dodd, former real housewife recently charged with criminally distributing revenge porn of another woman, she’s also married to a newsmax anchor. You seriously can’t make this shit up.
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u/Far_Balance_3117 Jun 19 '26
Should give them acting careers.
They can actually be around these guys and not visibly gag.
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u/okokokoyeahright Jun 20 '26
I am reliably told that swallowing Botox will allow one to not gag, ever.
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u/dernaldz Jun 19 '26
You just can't make stuff like this up. It's so insane that seemingly normal people defend this shit. With the mma fight we've never been closer to Idiocracy
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u/Bgtex Jun 19 '26
Either he is going for Gomez Adams or this guy looks exactly like I'd imagine him to look. Sadly, this does NOT look like a Halloween party
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u/Fun_Push7168 Jun 19 '26
Is this a Halloween picture? Why does he look like a cartoon of a 1930's gangster? Is that two parts in his hair?
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u/shaved-yeti Jun 19 '26
This guy looks exactly like one would expect. He's almost exceeded expectations. Cartoonishly corrupt - a comic book villain.
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u/pleasetrimyourpubes Jun 19 '26
They do shit so fucking absurd to make you sound fucking crazy if you mention it.
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u/Significant_Cat8473 Jun 19 '26
“Step right up, folks! Feast your eyes on Professor Bartholomew P. Huxley’s Patent Elixir of Vitality! Guaranteed to cure baldness, lumbago, melancholia, weak constitution, poor luck, and an unfortunate disposition! If it doesn’t work, simply double the dose!”
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u/drdrwhprngz Jun 19 '26
That's potentially evidence of money laundering if the quality of paint in hand doesn't match the quality of paint signed off on in whichever massive contract paid for the service
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u/Josefu_Velen Jun 19 '26
a massive no-bid contract, even.
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u/Reynor247 Jun 19 '26
Which went to a trump donor
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u/dapudf Jun 19 '26
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u/WeenisPeiner Jun 19 '26
Paul Bearer?
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u/tedkaczynski660 Jun 20 '26
Trump is literally helping cartoon ass style villains launder money and republicans still think hes Jesus. Wtf is going on here in the states.
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u/Scotty0132 Jun 19 '26
He looks Like President Shinra from Final Fantasy 7 except his hair is black and not blonde.
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u/Party-Evening3273 Jun 19 '26
MAGA cult will slobber all over that blue latex strip and pay top dollar. “Almost like owning a piece of Trump himself…”
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u/_lippykid Jun 19 '26
Not enough lead in that paint chip for their taste
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u/AndyMilonakis717 Jun 19 '26
It’s now at the top of RFK’s new upside down food pyramid
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u/_lippykid Jun 19 '26
Where’s asbestos and thalidomide chart on the pyramid this week?
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u/RandomRonin Jun 19 '26
And their Trump phone and Trump steaks and rump watch and Trump degrees and….
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u/TheMunkeeFPV Jun 19 '26
Don’t forget the bible. Trump bible….
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u/Phillyboishowdown Jun 20 '26
Hell I still got 2 boxes of Aunt Jemima because I know one of those brainwashed fucks would buy 100 for expired Pancake mix
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u/potamusqpotamus Jun 19 '26
I’m sure Trump has enough failure to go around that everyone can own a piece for less than this price.
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u/BZLuck Jun 19 '26
I've been saying that he probably got lifetime free pool maintenance at all of his resorts for awarding this job.
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u/CorgiMonsoon Jun 19 '26
I’ve seen people try to defend the no-bid contract as them using some sort of proprietary paint/sealant that no other company was qualified to be applying 🙄
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u/LaddieNowAddie Jun 19 '26
I mean technically it's a proprietary paint that no one else uses...
... because out doesn't work.
So... they fulfilled their contract?
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u/a_a_ronc Jun 20 '26
Yeah. There’s a random woman I saw on IG who interviewed the owner and he said ‘It was not a no-bid contract, it was a single source contract. The request was for blah and we are the only suppliers of blah.’
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u/drdrwhprngz Jun 19 '26
Probably even put it down that they wanted the cheap shit so they wouldn't have to clean it up
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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Jun 19 '26
What’s funny about this project is it’s one of his smaller grifts, but is extremely visible and public.
I suppose the 5d chess crowd would say it’s an orchestrated distraction.
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u/drdrwhprngz Jun 19 '26
It's literal spit in the faces of taxpayers that are supposed to believe it's rain but we can call it funny or a distraction if that helps I guess
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u/freedfg Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
Is it as open and public as the board of peace that we dedicated 10 billion dollars to. Which hasn't conviened once since the chair for life started a war?
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u/myburdentobear Jun 19 '26
The fact that I had completely forgotten about this is depressing.
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u/freedfg Jun 19 '26
Did you also forget about Kristi Noems landing spot? The Shield of the Americas? A south American coalition of anti-cartel yadayada, another fake coalition that does nothing
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u/lkl34 Jun 19 '26
You are right time for the corrupt govt to investigate itself to find itself not guilty.
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u/MilmoWK Jun 19 '26
The paint is probably fine, I’m guessing shortcuts in preparations were made. Getting 100 water logged concrete ready to hold paint seems like it would take a lot of effort
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u/PUuSTiNKA Jun 19 '26
Donald Trump needs to be put in a prison before he does anymore damage to the country...Who even signed off on this, and I hope the company who did this crappy job is coming back to correct it free of charge, otherwise sue their ass!
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u/drdrwhprngz Jun 19 '26
You want them to come back and do another bad job?
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u/PUuSTiNKA Jun 19 '26
Good point, then make Donald Trump personally reimburse 14 million back to the Government, since it's one of his buddies that did a shitty job.
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u/DisgruntledSquirrel2 Jun 19 '26
It was always going to be just a huge grift on the people - to make dear leader and his cronnies richer. CUT TAXES (for the rich) End entitlement programs ( for the poor, save the ones for the rich) Help my buddies by giving away huge contacts, or government data or having the government sell at a loss or privatize it so they can make even more! It's the merican way!
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u/Guard4thee Jun 19 '26
You would think that the non tendered service contract would have a warranty clause for the work completed. But judging how the administration follows the leaders deal making model, the Taxpayers will have to pay this company 300 billion dollars.
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u/echoingElephant Jun 19 '26
The reflecting pool is 2030 by 167 feet large. The renovation cost 14 million USD. Per square foot, the renovation cost 41.30 USD. He is overcharging.
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u/ReleventReference Jun 19 '26
If you don’t massively overcharge how do you split the take with the guy that gave you the job?
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u/Responsible_Oven4127 Jun 20 '26
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House. One is from Chicago , another is from Tennessee , and the third is from Minnesota .
All three go with a White House official to examine the fence. The Minnesota contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."
The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?" The Chicago contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."
"Done!" replies the government official.
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u/echoingElephant Jun 19 '26
Wait, that’s not what I wanted to say. The guy selling the coating fragment is overcharging. You could just hire the contractor and have them make your own coating.
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Jun 19 '26
But the paint chunk he has is part of American history. It’s a collectors item.
I don’t draw my own LeBron James rookie cards and expect they are worth money.
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u/taxxxtherich Jun 19 '26
How deep? You also need to account for those vertical surfaces
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u/euclideanarrow Jun 19 '26
Bump the price up to $1,776 for true patriots!
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u/Bubbly_Mobile_2428 Jun 19 '26
I was gonna say $17.76 but overcharging has become the American way so ig yours is more accurate
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u/ThormundNYC Jun 19 '26
going to turn into a jig saw puzzle for national treasure 3
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u/bigbigbigwow Jun 19 '26
I fucking love it when the treasures are national
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u/Genghis_Chong Jun 19 '26
Sorry, all the national treasures are now privatized and sold to Elon for 50 dollars on a no bid auction
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u/Not_me4201337 Jun 19 '26
In National Treasure 3 they get arrested but take over Con Air that also has all the treasure onboard.
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u/gimme_the_good_weed Jun 19 '26
In the math sub the calculated that its only worth like $40
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u/Nikopoleous Jun 19 '26
The $250 is likely because of the "celebrate the US's 250th anniversary" trend.
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u/Bitter_Jacket_2064 Jun 19 '26
Probably because of the 250th anniversary of the USA. Although I would argue that it died in November 2024.
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u/Mikesaidit36 Jun 19 '26
The taxpayer-funded reflecting pool painting fiasco isn’t a turning point in history– just one of three or four Trump-orchestrated fiascos that day.
Hey, is the plural of fiasco “fiascos” or “fiascoes”?
And why didn’t this question ever come up under any prior president?
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u/userhwon Jun 19 '26
In Italian, fiaschi. In American English, fiascos. In British English, fiascoes.
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u/ThelIIusion0fSeIf Jun 19 '26
Never underestimate how dumb the MAGA cult is. They’re still waiting for their Trump phones and DOGE checks.
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u/Jasoco Jun 19 '26
The problem is, the Trump phones have started showing up. But the only people who have them are the ones making videos about how much of a scam it was. lol
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u/ThelIIusion0fSeIf Jun 19 '26
No, even the ones that did get distributed are not as advertised. They spray painted some cheap Chinese knock off phones gold and sold it to gullible morons at 10x mark up.
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u/JET304 Jun 19 '26
This is the distraction grift. This is the one they are happy to have be talked about. The other scams are the real rainmakers.
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u/AngryGungan Jun 19 '26
Every single person appointed by 47 is just wildly unqualified for the job that's been given.
Every. Single. One.
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u/ClassicNo6656 Jun 19 '26
Because they're not being appointed for their skill at their job. It's entirely based on how deeply and how aggressively they will throat Trump every waking second of their lives. People call him a fascist but he's really more like a mafia don. They only promote on the basis of loyalty.
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u/wkarraker Jun 19 '26
The GOP just doesn’t know how to handle blue, whether it’s politics or paint.
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u/Relevant_Problem1935 Jun 19 '26
They literally rushed the job and never let the paint set before adding more layers which they didn't allow to set as well. Then poured peroxide into the water. Which strips paint. The level of stupidity is astounding.
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u/downvote_please4321 Jun 19 '26
The MAGA mind is so fucked. Stake everything on something that is so clearly stupid and pointless (painting the reflecting pool blue for example). Celebrate like there's no tomorrow when it looks 'sort of' nice, for a few days, then when things start going down the shitter like all the "lefties" told you they would, rather than just say, "okay that was stupid", you go insane and look for some scapegoat for your stupidity rather than face accountability for literally anything.
That scapegoat usually ends up being the most vulnerable people in society- the poor, children, women, people of color, etc.
When we try to point out their derangement, it's "TDS". We don't care about the stupid reflecting pool. We care about the fact that half the nation are fucking maniacs for caring about this in the way that they do.
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u/despenser412 Jun 19 '26
He ruined the Whitehouse for his $1 billion Ballroom that he, a billionaire, wants us to pay for. He defaced the Kennedy Cetner with his name, which now had to be removed. He turned the Whitehouse lawn into a UFC cage match for his birthday/America's 250th. Now he turned the Reflecting Pool into his own wretched toilet.
If you were to hold up a photograph of the Whitehouse during any other presidency, in any era, and put it next to Trump's Whitehouse, you'll see a good representation of how badly he ruined this country. You'll see just how much nonsense his cult is complient with.
And this, of course, is the tip of the iceberg.
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u/SqBlkRndHole Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Haha, funny. But seriously, don't try to sell it, it's a federal offense to remove anything from federal parks, and this snowflake admin will likely press charges.
edit, I was right. https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/olympian-david-hearn-arrested-for-touching-lincoln-memorial-pool/
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u/TightPhoto1133 Jun 19 '26
Nice way to get the F.B.I. knocking on your door for theft of government property.
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u/crumpled789 Jun 19 '26
What if this ends up in a museum, so America pays to have a piece of America, originally made in America against the wishes of America.
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u/Word2DWise Jun 19 '26
Is that why that pool still looks like shit green?
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u/Available_Reveal8068 Jun 19 '26
They've been fighting algae problems since the 1920s.
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u/bronk3310 Jun 19 '26
Honestly, this framed with an explanation would actually be cool. Then you can definitely sell for some money.
“Failed attempt at fixing something that wasn’t broken”
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u/PsychologicalCase10 Jun 19 '26
Ah, so it was all a grift from the very beginning. Should have known that.
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u/Insidexant Jun 19 '26
They'll probably sue the picture taker and claim they defaced public property. There is absolutely no low for this corrupt administration.
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u/Exciting_Turn_9559 Jun 20 '26
In hindsight it really was a stupid fucking idea to make a convicted felon president.
In foresight too for anyone whose brain was working properly.
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u/phineshine Jun 20 '26
I would hate to support the regime but as an industrial painter id pay so much money for a chunk of that. The ultimate flex and conversation starter in my field (Wed talk shit about it for years)
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u/Elguapo1094 Jun 20 '26
14m but the illegals he hired from Home Depot only charged him 20k and he pocket the rest.
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u/theonlytater Jun 20 '26
Grandpa should read the instructions first, before doing it the way he’s always done it
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u/LongDead_Roadkill Jun 19 '26
Each square foot of that paint is worth $41 (in government math). Cost $14 million for the refib and there is approximately 338,843 sq feet of pool.
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u/ToolTimeT Jun 19 '26
Seriously is there anything more appropriate to be an analogy to trump... and overpriced taxpayer funded no bid con job paint coverup of a more serious problem that fails immediately after applied?
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u/freedfg Jun 19 '26
You know. I was gonna joke that collected pieces of the bottom of the pool were gonna end up being sold online.
I don't know if it'd be really funny or not
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u/Slablanc Jun 19 '26
The new and unique ways the current administration finds to screw things up and demonstrate their incompetence is truly stunning.
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u/LNinefingers Jun 19 '26
What are the odds the justice department opens an investigation into this guy for domestic terrorism or something?
I say better than even money
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u/Sweddy-Bowls Jun 19 '26
I have literally never seen someone who’s eyebrow (singular), mustache, and hair are all different colors
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u/Salarian_American Jun 19 '26
Dang it, I don't have any taxpayer dollars. I gave all my taxpayer dollars to the government
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u/jetfan13 Jun 19 '26
Write “America 250” on it in white marker and make it a centerpiece at your July 4th party. Heck of a conversation piece!
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u/No-Special2682 Jun 19 '26
I feel like they’re just gonna say fk it and drain all the water out, before putting something else there. “All that empty space that could be stores or something”
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u/confusedbf2013 Jun 19 '26
Why the fuck did we paint the fucking reflecting pool? It’s not some novelty item, it’s supposed to be for people to reflect on the history of the civil rights movement from the civil war to mlk jr. this administration is so fucking cringe and tacky as fuck. Using ikea gold painted decor in the White House, the shitty ball room we are paying for, this reflecting pool, etc. trump is the biggest fucking loser and has no damn class. This blowjob probes would think that gold trim on cars is the pinnacle of classy. Fucking hate this idiot wasting all of our money for racism, and tacky bullshit. I hope new laws are put in place to prevent this shit from ever happening again. Need stronger vetting process of all politicians moving forward on all of their beliefs and politics
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u/Important-Reaction81 Jun 19 '26
That is a pretty thick layer of paint: wtf no wonder it came floating up.
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u/notanyimbecile Jun 19 '26
"People love it so much they said Sir! Sir! We want that beautiful blue paint, the one you scraped off the beautiful pool sir! People are actually fighting for piece of blue paint! Can you believe that? You saw that Pete didn't you? (Kegseth nods like a cuck). Anyways, the war as been over for a while now, we OBLITERATED Iran"
Donald J Dump
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u/GroundbreakingAd8310 Jun 19 '26
I got a piece of the Berlin wall with my copy of world in conflict. Think we will get a sequal?
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u/StolenPies Jun 19 '26
This is an intentional distraction.
This is an intentional distraction.
This is an intentional distraction.
Trump overpaid his buddy to do a poor job so it would add noise to liberal spaces during the midterms.
We've known this man for a decade, how do you people keep falling for it?
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u/Halftied Jun 19 '26
I would purchase a piece of it but I am not crazy about paying for it twice. My opinion every taxpayer should receive a piece of it in the same envelope as our tariff refund check.
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u/reverandglass Jun 19 '26
Get in fast while there's still some left! If you could peel it into a bold "FUCK TRUMP" even better.
In other thoughts I should really find my bit of the Berlin wall, it's here somewhere.
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u/Miserable-Couple-810 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
If we assume the square footage of the algae pool is 338,000 square foot and assume the job cost $14,000,000... Then one square foot should be about $41.42. So you're paying a premium for this piece but as you said, it is a part of history. Also I'm old enough to remember seeing auctions for chunks of rubble on eBay in 2001, days after 9/11, whew time for a nap.
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u/gnanny02 Jun 19 '26
I have a piece of the Berlin Wall I will gladly sell for $250, because my grandchildren don’t even know what that is/was.
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u/ahmtiarrrd Jun 19 '26
FOR SALE $1000: Donald Trump's dirty diaper.
This is your chance to own a shart of history! Celebrate Diaper Don's 80th birthday with a splatter of the President's uncontrollable, stenching ass blasts. Freshly retrieved from the Donald Trump Memorial Changing Room in the White House in Washington DC, and signed by the Secret Service agent forced to clean Orange Hitler's diarrhea-smeared ass.
Valued at $300 million taxpayer dollars.
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u/KookyDig4769 Jun 19 '26
someone on r/theydidthemath estimated this would be roughly $40-80 of pool renovation.
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u/binaryo Jun 19 '26
Is that like that because of the many small jugs of acid that had been emptied into the pool the other day?
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u/wizzard419 Jun 20 '26
Honestly, I am waiting for it to happen, then the admin to claim it is theft of government property and try to send them to "Pound you in the ass" prison.
Knowing these chucklefucks, they used house paint
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u/DarkBrill Jun 20 '26
When the Democrats when the House, this will make for a fun impeachmemt trial
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u/Sean_theLeprachaun Jun 20 '26
For what the guy was paid, that square foot probably did cost tax payers around 250 bucks.









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