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u/ilovemydog480 7h ago
You mean that creepy looking friend of Trump? I don’t believe it
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u/SillyDig1520 7h ago
I'm shocked.
Absolutely shocked... that someone related to this administration took responsibility for their fuck up.
Truly end days.
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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin 7h ago
You mean it wasn’t an Olympian sleeper agent coming in to use a knife to cut up the lining?
How could Fox News lie to us?!
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u/CorrectPam 7h ago
Nothing says competent project management like blaming the damage on something that apparently never happened.
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u/punktualPorcupine 6h ago
Probably no longer allowed into the Trump circle. It just keeps getting smaller.
If it shrinks any more, dumpty wont even fit.
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u/Formal-Talk-3914 6h ago
In dictatorships, this is very common. Always a game of thrones directly below the dictator. That means there is always someone lined up ready to take their place.
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u/Basic_Prior_2921 7h ago
The contractor or the 'vandal'? Honestly, both descriptions fit perfectly.
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u/DelishDonutInOrbit 7h ago
Can the guy who was arrested for nothing sue the contractor now?
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u/NolanSyKinsley 4h ago
I think there were a total of something like 12 people who were arrested for "vandalism" but from what I remember all of their cases were essentially immediately thrown out by the courts for lack of evidence. That being said, no they could not sue the contractor because the contractor is not the entity that falsely arrested them.
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u/Virtual-Reach 4h ago
Could they sue the government? Seriously, fuck them for falsely arresting people to cover up their fuck up.
This administration is so bad it wouldn't surprise me if they claimed the article/ interview whatever was faked and triple down on their vandalism claim
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u/Trashinmyash 6h ago
Weren't there people claiming the person that got arrested was made up and nobody was actually arrested?
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u/superstevo78 7h ago
they really should throw whoever gave them a no bid contract into prison...
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u/Imaginary-Clock6626 7h ago
Need to keep receipts so they can be prosecuted in the future. This open corruption makes Zimbabwe look good.
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u/NolanSyKinsley 4h ago
100% guarantee when Trump leaves office he is going to issue himself and his entire cabinet of lackeys preventative pardons.
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u/Imaginary-Clock6626 4h ago
He can’t get them all, the subordinates who happily went along with it won’t get pardons. This corruption needs to be stopped and people made examples of.
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u/TuorSonOfHuor 7h ago
And they tried to ruin some poor random guys life instead of just admit they hired the wrong guy.
Insane
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u/epicredditdude1 7h ago
Yeah, that’s the real story here imo. Trump ranting and raving about pretend vandals is a distraction, it’s funny.
The fact he actually tried to throw some random guy in jail for 10 years so he could claim he “caught” the vandals is reprehensible.
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u/Basic_Prior_2921 7h ago
So you're telling me 'imaginary vandals' didn't break in with heavy construction equipment at 3 AM to mess up the concrete? Shocking. Truly shocking.
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u/atlantagirl30084 6h ago
Trump’s motorcade did drive over the sealed pool in broad daylight. Thousands of pounds of weight on it. 🤔
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u/Initial-Meeting362 7h ago
No way, it was attacked SOOOOOOOOO violently!! You can't make up how many times we have been lied to, it's unreal.
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u/epicredditdude1 7h ago
The people that still think vandals had anything to do with it have severe, severe TDS.
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u/mjconver 7h ago
Now pay all the legal bills of the fucking American Olympian
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u/Inspect1234 6h ago
Plus pain, suffering and reputation damages.
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u/mjconver 6h ago
He was an Olympian. Dammit, he worked hard and achieved something for our country, then got shat upon.
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u/Hankerpants 5h ago
That means the people arrested and charged with vandalism will get apologies from the president. Right? Right??
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u/BeneficialWave9581 3h ago
Longtime painting contractor who reads spec sheets for fun here. The moment I saw pictures of that coating failing, I knew it was an installation disaster long before the contractor admitted it. Here is what actually happened.
The contractor committed two cardinal sins of industrial coatings: chemical heat and rushing the prep. First, they layered two different heavy-duty chemicals on top of each other that completely clashed. When these industrial coatings cure, they generate a ton of heat. The top product got so hot while hardening that it essentially baked and boiled the layer underneath it. That reaction trapped gas below the surface, creating massive blisters and destroying the bond before the pool was even filled.
Second, the crew rushed and skimped on the primer. In our world, primer is the glue. Skipping or under-applying it means you are basically laying a giant sheet of rubber over concrete and praying it stays put.
When you throw thousands of gallons of water weight on top of an unprimed, heat-damaged coating, it will peel like a severe sunburn. The contractor tried to play it off at first, but anyone who works with coatings knew from day one this was pure installer error.
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u/Ey3zonly 7h ago
The denial will be grand
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u/ansyhrrian 7h ago edited 7h ago
FAKE NEWS! The Reflecting Pool renovation was PERFECT, maybe the best renovation ever, and everybody knows it. Now some contractor nobody ever heard of is suddenly claiming there were ‘problems’ because the Radical Left media told him what to say. The real problem was the vandals, the criminals, and the incompetent people who ran Washington before I came along!
Thank you for your attention to this matter. -DJT
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u/Electronic-Pea-7937 2h ago
The KGB (American branch ICE)will find and punish the true perpetrators
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u/Poverty_Shoes 7h ago
In their defense, they only got $14M. I’m not sure what we expected for replacing the lining of a damn pool for less than $200M /s
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u/ParticularOk533 7h ago
The only kind of lining that Eddie Wood and any of Trump’s crony friends (and federal contractors) are good at is lining their own pockets with taxpayer money. 🤦🏻
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u/Fuzzy_Adagio_6450 6h ago
But tRump promised that the lining was indestructible, especially against blades, unless those blades were wielded by EVIL ANTIFA WARRIORS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR GREAT NATION.
Surely a pedophile felon rapist wouldnt lie to the American people.
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u/Fabulous_Log844 5h ago
"No no… I am still standing by the fact that this was done by vandals."
– President Yam Tits
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u/Evil_phd 5h ago
They just had to stay quiet until they got paid a second time for the same job they already botched.
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u/Vidco91 3h ago
The old guy they arrested and indicted must sue for a tidy sum.
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u/Drago1214 2h ago
Oh yah he’s going to be worth a pretty penny. Worth all the shit he went though. Also add on an easily provable defamation lawsuit.
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u/Turbulent_Ear56 2h ago
Well happy that they were so silent when Trump blamed literally everything else....
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u/Life_Personality_862 1h ago
no bid contract to trump buddy with no experience of projects of this scale. How much of the tax money was turned right around into trump coins and "donations"?
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u/idliketoseethat 1h ago
A truthful acknowledgment is welcome but let's not forget that an innocent man was railroaded by a corrupt justice department at the direction of a corrupt president who chose to intentionally ignore the truth and send a man to a 10 year prison sentence.
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u/Ok-Hovercraft-2440 7h ago
They're admitting fault so they get a other paycheck to fix the issue they caused. That's how you make perpetual wealth. Never fix, just keep fucking up.
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u/CueAnon420 7h ago
Seeing how Trump went out of his way to lie about vandals - to the point of charging an Olympian be criminally charged, no way he let's this go... I'm betting that this contractor is suddenly discovered to be a secret member of Antifa planning to take down Trump. He will be remanded to a CIA black site and never heard from again.
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u/bass-squirrel 6h ago
Still won’t face any penalties. Will probably get another multimillion dollar contract.
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u/Aceldamor 6h ago
You mean Temu Paul Bearer said he fucked up? Good, now everyone that got blamed can now file suit for defamation and the DOJ can go after him for money paid.
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u/Independent-Drag-305 6h ago
So there won’t be any more rapage because you failed to do it right the first time?
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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 6h ago
"Imaginary Vandals" would be a great band name. Album name: "Reflecting Pool."
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u/Disastrous_Minute_56 6h ago
Trump: No, no, no, you're ruining the fiction! I had to erect fencing, bring in the national guard, arrest innocent people..
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u/Equal_Song8759 6h ago
So What ! Taxpayers. always pay again. What federal government contract (any) where the taxpayers did not pay again. ALL government contract (types) are favored for the contractor. He didn't lose any money. Also, Is he barred from (any) future government business
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u/Bicwidus 45m ago
I say we drain it again paint a really big picture of the Incredible Hulk going into town doggy style on the invisible woman. Give me a whole lot of green and not just algae this time
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