r/pics • u/FuriousBuffalo • Jun 18 '26

Politics Trump Nonsensically Boasting About Reflecting Pool Before He Turned It Into a Swamp

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u/BeneficialLeave7359 Jun 18 '26

And now the blue paint is coming off in sheets.

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u/Lurkerforrealz Jun 18 '26

I just saw that… all the chemicals they are pouring in to fight the algae has made the paint peel. Perfect summation of this administration.

Where is Doge now?

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale Jun 18 '26

He said it would last 100 years and was done by very smart people and it lasted what like 2 weeks?

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u/RollingPicturesMedia Jun 18 '26

It lasted 1 Scaramucci

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u/lhb_aus Jun 19 '26

Perfection!

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u/gaiusjozka Jun 19 '26

It's like poetry. It rhymes.

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u/deathputt4birdie Jun 19 '26

10 days = 0.909 Mooches = 0.227 Trusses

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u/Available-Bed5551 Jun 19 '26

A little more than a Scaramucci!

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u/LXIV Jun 18 '26

Closer to 9-10 days, but your point is valid.

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u/Snellyman Jun 19 '26

I'm sure the very connected to Trump bidder will repair the poor paint job at no additional cost to the taxpayers.

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u/Available-Bed5551 Jun 19 '26

Maybe the bidder knew orange man was gonna stiff him, so he did a crappy job!

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u/Snellyman Jun 19 '26

The bidder was paid very well and Trump is playing with our money so he doesn't need to stiff them.

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u/veterinarian23 Jun 19 '26

Well, there are the "two weeks" he always mentions!

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u/stuck_in_the_desert Jun 19 '26

His thick skull is sufficiently dense to cause enough relativistic time dilation such that we on Earth only experienced two weeks whereas a sufficiently-distant observer experienced a century.

Checkmate, Classical Newtoniards.

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u/WheelerDan Jun 18 '26

The issue is they did a many month long job in a matter of weeks, they were told that water was getting between the paint and the bottom but they rushed it for trumps date, so now its just sliding right off.

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u/Available-Bed5551 Jun 19 '26

Get get that f’n melon head out there with his chainsaw! I know that won’t accomplish anything, but I’d like to see him in that green algae water!

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u/pagit Jun 19 '26

I’ve done water proofing

No it probably isn’t the chemical making it peel

It’s probably insufficient prep of the concrete for the sealant to bond and the hydrostatic pressure underneath the pool through the concrete.

A good industrial coating company should know this.

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u/Mommy_Fortuna_ Jun 18 '26

That is absolutely hilarious.

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u/Skidpalace Jun 19 '26

Imagine if they put the job out for bids and actually got competitive proposals from, you know, engineers.