Donald Trump positioned himself as a swimming pool expert as he touted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations he ordered this year, having put in “more than 100” over his career.

But after spending $14 million in taxpayer funds, the Reflecting Pool now looks arguably worse than it did before.

Aside from the bright green hue of the water — the product of what is reportedly one of the largest algae blooms in recent years — the “industrial-grade swimming pool topping” that Trump chose is already peeling off in sheets.

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[–] 136 points 4 months ago (8 children)

the Reflecting Pool now looks arguably worse than it did before.

Arguably? What a weasel word. It looks worse than it did before. There's no sane person who could argue that a massive algae bloom and paint peeling off the bottom don't make it look worse.

The Reflecting Pool now looks much much worse than it did before.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    There is beauty to be found in an algal bloom, just as there is beauty to be found in hyenas eating an antelope alive. /hj

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    I think I like the other person's suggestion that it's a tag for "hand job"

    Not that it matters at all because we're just randos on lemmy but isn't this just the same thing as a /s tag? /hj

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I think it's half joking rather than completely sarcastic because I genuinely do think that you could look at a pond full of algal bloom and find beauty in it, but at the same time I would definitely agree that it's not what you want in a "reflecting pool".

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