The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is full of algae just days after the $14 million restoration, and the internet was awash with mockery – 22 zero-star reviews
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LMAOOO, trump WASTED $14 million taxpayer dollars on painting the reflecting pool "American Blue" and it already has American green algae in it after a week.
Please investigate how much of a kickback the Grifter in Chief got.🚨 pic.twitter.com/LiRgZvoCsK
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) June 13, 2026
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Republican politics in a nutshell. Ignore deep systemic issues. Ignore experts. Provide a bandaid to the solution. Wait till it gets worse then blame the democrats. https://t.co/IiunfUDYpu
— Boston Smalls (@smalls2672) June 14, 2026
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for the MAGA chuds who don't think the Reflecting Pool photos are real, here's some video from this morning (Trump's birthday!) to enjoy pic.twitter.com/dWelCEqkDy
— Joe Flood (@joeflood) June 14, 2026
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Everything Trump touches turns to shit: Because conman Trump awarded a $14.2 million taxpayer-funded no bid contract to an incompetent friend to makeover the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the water is now a putrid smelly swamp of stinking algae. pic.twitter.com/garziRYGV7
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) June 13, 2026
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This is from a MAGA livestream today.
The Reflecting Pool is VERY green and VERY disgusting 🤮🤮
Even on the worst days, I never saw it look this bad before. pic.twitter.com/PzReNHr00f— Anarc-y princess (@SatireAP) June 13, 2026
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Did they actually do anything to it or did they just paint the bottom and call it good https://t.co/hr4zPkf9cJ
— Arsenal of Dememecracy 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🗽 (@gaymergir) June 14, 2026
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This is not residual algae. This is not sabotage. This is not sea monkeys. This is not going away. This is the result of incompetence and creating a heat sink in a shallow non chlorinated pool. pic.twitter.com/boNzkOOi8v
— Bluebird pooped an X (@bluebirdpoopies) June 14, 2026
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This is not residual algae. This is not sabotage. This is not sea monkeys. This is not going away. This is the result of incompetence and creating a heat sink in a shallow non chlorinated pool. pic.twitter.com/boNzkOOi8v
— Bluebird pooped an X (@bluebirdpoopies) June 14, 2026
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Donald Trump is celebrating his birthday amidst photographs and videos going viral of the reflecting pool he supposedly "fixed" looking more disgusting and algae-riddled than it ever has in its history
I just saw a shade of green I have never seen before in my life#ETTD pic.twitter.com/ByxxyKKM0o
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 14, 2026
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I traveled all the way to Washington DC to see if the Reflecting Pool is as gross as people said it was and the answer is YES. pic.twitter.com/mUWz6qjhnc
— Goad Gatsby (@GoadGatsby) June 14, 2026
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Just a few more days & our nation's Reflecting Pool should be gross enough for RFK Jr to swim in. pic.twitter.com/FlNvGrUxLk
— ᒪᗩᑎE (@lanechanged) June 14, 2026
In short…
There has never been a more perfect metaphor.
He didn’t drain the swamp, he literally installed one. https://t.co/anLsQ0Tsng— Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@jimstewartson) June 14, 2026
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