The most recent draining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has made President Trump’s claims of “vandalism” all the more doubtful.
The president made this claim after the “American Flag Blue” paint began to peel off in massive chunks and discolor the water, attributing the failed renovation to a “350-foot gash, made by a very sharp knife or razors.” Yet Monday’s draining revealed no such thing, only what appeared to be tire marks—likely from the president’s motorcade driving through the empty pool in May.
No one is buying this. In June, the president said that this so-called “gash” was just 250 feet long. Then it changed to 300 feet, 350 feet, and finally, 300 yards long, the size of three football fields. And yet all that has been revealed in this recent draining is what resembles tire marks, most likely left by the president himself, not vandals with box cutters. And to make matters worse, this failed vanity project has cost American taxpayers over $14 million
Of course it was him. But since he has poisoned the entire discussion of the thing with claims about razors that “made” algae grow that has been promoted to actual, normal discussion, it doesn’t even remotely matter to his people that he was the one who fucked it up, be cause it’s impossible for him to do anything wrong. He has very strongly and powerfully flooded the zone with shit, and 30% of everybody in this country is performatively bragging about how much of that shit they can fit into their mouths. They can barely speak to each other their mouths are so full of shit.