Trump’s American-flag blue paint is peeling off the Reflecting Pool after they dumped hydrogen peroxide in the water to kill the algae. That’s enough metaphor for today, thank you
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I guess 14 million dollars for a 1 million dollar job wasn't quite enough after trump and his cronies all took a piece of the action.
— beautifulworldphotography (@FOETOESONLY) June 18, 2026
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— Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real) June 18, 2026
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did they just use regular house paint from B&Q https://t.co/8eAtwlJyEX
— keewa 🇵🇸 (@keewa) June 18, 2026
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It wasn't the bleach, it was the fact that they didn't resurface the floor after 100 years of water and algae had been seeping into it.
I thought it would last longer than a week though 🤣
("But it said 'no prep needed' on the can…")
I'm here for it. pic.twitter.com/HhNH6Ol138
— Humphrey Gokart™ (@HumphreyKart) June 18, 2026
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A 5th grader could have told you hydrogen peroxide can be used to remove paint.
$15M down the drain. https://t.co/ntTApKltaG
— g. (@GeauxGabrielle) June 18, 2026
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We can literally throw $14 million dollars away in a vanity project anyone with a brain could have predicted would go this way, but we can’t fund pediatric cancer research. https://t.co/QOJos4zleP
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) June 18, 2026
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Multiple videos on TikTok show the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's freshly applied blue paint is now peeling off in chunks and floating atop the water
I'm not a paint expert but seems bad? pic.twitter.com/GZ7xrepC9m
— Mike Rundle (@flyosity) June 18, 2026
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Wait – they painted the pool floor, the water turned green with algae, so they poured a paint removing chemical into the pool to remove the algae, and managed to remove the new paint too? 🤯 https://t.co/gPoQ9Xpp50
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) June 18, 2026
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"I once painted the bottom of a pool blue for $15m, which caused algae to bloom, so I poured in hydrogen peroxide to kill the algae, not realising it also acted as a paint stripper." pic.twitter.com/BeR2lN6Ftn
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) June 18, 2026
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I love how Trump did a $15 million paint job on the reflection pool (which caused the green algae to bloom harder than ever) and then they used hundreds of gallons of peroxide to kill the algae (which is now stripping the new paint off)
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) June 18, 2026
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Be hard to fix peeling sealant without draining it again https://t.co/NubRuB5UlY
— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) June 18, 2026
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Iran 🤝 Reflecting Pool
All he had to do was leave it alone.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 18, 2026
Here. Have some free sarcasm.
Finally, after over a decade in politics, we get to see Donald Trump's famed skill for design and quality construction in action. https://t.co/Qi7KWDlsxb
— Jesse Brenneman (@Jesse_Brenneman) June 18, 2026
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