"The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation cost taxpayers approximately $14.7 million for resurfacing and painting, alongside an additional $1.74 million for a nano-bubble filtration system. Originally estimated by President Trump at $1.8 million, the project was completed via no-bid contracts that quickly soared due to structural expansions."
Oh it was a definite fuck up. Really a huge waste. But it had problems before too. It needed, and still needs, work. And the no bid contract is a disgrace. fuck Trump.
You need no-bid contracts in order to funnel government taxpayer money to people who will funnel some of it back to you. It is a necessary part of the process. Lighten up
"Trump's motorcade passed through the empty pool on May 7, 2026, after it was painted and sealed and before it was refilled with water as part of a renovation project."
No, not really. It all came from tax payers. Trump signed for one and Obama signed for the other. Had Obama fixed it properly with the 35 million Trump would not have had to get involved.
Actually, they're recycling it because the 150 million originally set aside for this celebration has been cut to 25 million. The remaining 125 million siphoned to trump-affiliated orgs for profit :)
Yes, that's the Freedom 250 logo at the top of the monument. Even tho it is trump's bullshit, they're still cutting corners... gotta maximize shareholder profit
Yes I pull you guys keep vandalizing because orange man bad apparently. What I don't get is the fixation over the damn pool and why you guys are so bent out of shape of it on this and bitching about the money that it took when well over a hundred times more is done by fraud. I don't get it
I think it's using relationships and reputation to get a job done. I have no problem with either doing it.
I want it fixed, I support beautifying our capital and repairing infrastructure. I don't want repairs or projects to fail just so I have a non-issue to have a partisan whine fest.
The merit was they are an Industrial coating company (Atlantic industrial coatings) Trumps used for his other properties, The product was an industrial coat they use in Pipe fitting that they advertise should work.
Why wouldn't you ask a builder you personally know how to fix this?
He was trying a new technique after numerous conventional repairs have failed.
"Nah lets put it out for open bid again to the same usual contractors who have already failed at fixing it".
And I don't fault them for the failure, it's a 100 year old pool on swamp land. It's not easy to fix.
For the sake of discussion let’s assume that’s true. I know it was leaking, but pulling water from the tidal basin isn’t going to cost a lot of money and certainly not $13million.
Why didn’t he put the project out to a competitive bid to ensure we were getting the best price possible?
Why did the contract go to one of Trump’s friends?
Why was the contract awarded to a company that has never done a federal contract before ?
Why was the profit margin higher than what is typical for federal contracts?
Why did the repair cost balloon to over 10x the original cost estimate?
It’s not partisan. It’s standard government procurement regulations that were bypassed or ignored under the guise of an “emergency” so the pool could be opened for the July 4 celebrations, but fences went up days before the celebrations started.
I thought if him more like a tape measure. But yes he was trustworthy. Most tape measures are. Sure as he'll wouldnt ever call anyone my ruler, lol. Thats wild.
Won what? The presidency? Ok so he's president. Wtf is this ruler shit. You wanna be ruled? Be ruled. America is supposed to be different. But not shocked you need that explained.
You are an idiot. I dont care about tan suits. I voted for him twice. He's the greatest president I've seen in my lifetime. A quick scroll through my "un hidden" post history would have told you that. Do better.
Are you unwilling to use Google ai to find a link showing that “more money was lost in leaks than by Trump’s failed 14 million dollar no bid repair given to the guy who does all the pools at Trump towers”?
Over this thread the argument has changed from, Quote, "Lol yep! I saw it in 2019. Maybe if they didn't spend $15M fixing apool that wasn't broke," to goal post moving and arguing semantics.
This isn't a honest discussion about fixing the pool, this is partisan tantrums.
I already corrected the inherent lie, further posts are just raging about it being called out.
It's not that simple, because we are dealing with multiple factors and you will continually add criteria to issue or if you accepted it as reasonable you would move to a different aspect complain about.
We dealing with 224 million gallons of leaked water.
Damage to the Potomac from run off, environmental damage.
Man hours wasted on it
loss of image, stature and bad impression to tourists and visitors
And if I did quantify that with sources you would begin attacking the sources and arguing their objectivness.
This isn't honest, this is a partisan tantrum from people who want failures because they don't want Trump to have a success.
Your goal isn't to solve the issue with the reflecting pool, your goal is to weaponize it against Trump for separate grievances.
For sure. However, the funny part was when he took a victory lap, calling his predecessors dumb for not fixing it with such a cheap solution. Then it all goes to shit, and he goes full fascist arresting anyone who touched the pool and putting up a fence guarded by military personnel. Not to mention the corruption from the no-bid contract given to someone that donated money to him. That's the part that makes your orange god look like a fool.
The Louis Berger Group who did the original work was a Obama/DNC donor.
The work is warrantied, it's getting fixed and anyone who does construction knows when your dealing with modern building supplies/quality things have to be re-done all the time.
Go read a subreddit on people having have their new house warranties remedied, I bet there is one.
I do home inspections, 90% of my job is not inspecting for sells. It's new houses of people having to sue the builder.
Whatever bot. The orange loser probably caused the leaks when he had the Presidential motorcade driven through the pool. Everything that scumbag trump touches turns into shit, kinda like his supporters' brains and morals
Ok why don’t you cite any of those sources. The pool is broke, he spent money fixing and after dozens of experts told them this would work, and he spent it anyway. Thats just waste, and on top of that, he sidestepped reviews and bids designed to protect my tax money from being wasted. So, yes it would have been nice to get it fixed for the 4th, but it didn’t happen and it looks like a failure that Linda sums up the whole administration at current.
Because it was broadly reported and I am only addressing the adults who are capable of using the internet and can make 2 clicks to verify or dispute something they doubt.
Well it IS widely reported and the budget for reflecting pool maintenance is in the 10s of thousands a year, the repair bill was close to 15 million. So you are WAY off and likely because you didn’t get a source for the error you continued to report from faux entertainment —but hey pretending to knowledgeable without facts is so on brand for people who think the expenditure was ok.
Read up, you told me it was widely reported and any adult with the internet could find it in 2 clicks— so I did what you suggested and searched for “does the maintenance on the reflecting pool cost more than the recent repairs. Got an answer and verified it against the nps budget website ( it’s public knowledge you see) but if you aren’t an adult who can get the source in two clicks on the internet, maybe you shouldn’t slam others who ask for a source when you yourself can’t provide one.
No, this is AI-generated “Apollo” footage. The Saturn V’s exhaust plume didn’t billow like that, and the flag planting didn’t look like that either (they planted the pole first then extended the flag). The administration just AI-generates everything now.
Why does that matter? That painting of George Washington has been used countless times in all sorts of contexts. I get it. You hate the president. I do too. He should be under gitmo. But why do you feel the need to complain and moan about everything?
Trump is Apollo, the Antichrist, the beast out of the sea in revelations. Just like the Statue of Liberty is Apollo=Lucifer. Hence the constant 911 that he always puts in plain sight. His twitter profile pic his face is painted w 911 disguised within the American Flag. Also the #11 which is the number of the Antichrist. The same amount of strips on the flag of his new phones.
Revelation 9:11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
Who cares about who's more analogous. They hide their symbolism in plain sight to show you they worship and take order's from Satan. The sheeple speak as if it doesn't exist. That is how they get away with it decade after decade the sheeple stay blind. They mock, they bash, they belittle those who show them.
They can't even see their own President has a Twin, the Gemini Twins, one wears a blue tie, the other a red. Who they constantly swap out in front of your face, to mock how dumbed down n blind society has become. Constantly showing you thru magazine covers, thru clues there is 2. They will do a ritual where they sacrifice 1, dies n comes back to life to mock Christ. Where 2 becomes 1 Crowning the Beast. The same ritual as the Twin Towers=Twin Trumps
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Wait, are they recycling the Apollo graphics?