Trump is embarrassed by his beautiful Reflecting Pool...?

[kentuck]

Last edited Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:32 AM - Edit history (1)

And they thought he could not be embarrassed.

There are so many examples of his incompetence and ignorance but the pool stands out like none of the others. Because it is so huge. Did you know it is longer than the Sears Tower is high?

Joe's Pool Guys did a wonderful job. Just like the pool they put in your neighbor's back yard. And they were paid well, with your taxpayer dollars.

Then, it happened! It turned green! Trumps favorite color. The color of money.

Maybe he's not embarrassed? This morning he is blaming vandals for going in at night and coloring it green. He never accepts responsibility.

What was he thinking when he put his name on the John F Kennedy Memorial? A memorial to a President that was slain by an assassin's bullet. Surely his name should be above Kennedy's?

And what was he thinking when he put a tariff on everything coming into this country? Try buying an apple for less than a dollar. Fruits and vegetables that used to cost a couple of dollars are now five or six dollars.

And what was he thinking when he decided to "bomb the hell" out of Iran? Surely he didn't think that bombs equal victory? You would be lucky to find a tree in Vietnam that did not have bomb shrapnel in it. But, we did not win the war.

His long list of failures go on and on. His supporters talk about all the great things he has done and at the top of the list, they put his taxcuts for the billionaires. Friends, that is not a victory. That is a defeat.

[Sneederbunk]

1. The pool is going to need one very big tarp.

[kentuck]

2. Trump could then say that the tarp is bigger than the Watergate Hotel...

...and he could then claim the world's largest "cover-up".

[displacedvermoter]

3. Outstanding...

Working Nixon's Plumbers into an algae bloom in a reflecting pool post, well done...

[FakeNoose]

4. Maybe that's his plan all along, and we're too dumb to figure it out

Maybe that isn't algae, and he's really hiding his money in that reflecting pool.

[cab67]

5. liquid assets

[xuplate]

6. Drain it

It isn’t any more attractive than a big slab of concrete. A rock garden with few small ponds would look better.

[Kablooie]

7. He is not capable of embarrassment.

He automatically goes to blaming someone else so they are the ones at fault, not him.
He has never made a single mistake in his whole life and that will never change.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

8. He is a pathological lying narcissist & is not capable of embarrassment. In his mind, he cannot be wrong, ever.

I'm positive he has never apologized in his life. It's everyone else that is wrong, that is at fault. This is truly how he thinks.

[Totally Tunsie]

12. His parents made the mistake. Daddy should have pulled out.

[Blue Owl]

9. Plop his fat ass in there and let him wallow in his filth

[Aristus]

10. I understand he's already wallowing in a lot of filth; his own.

I don’t know who the poor sap is who has to do diaper duty on Jabba the Orange. But if he’s a loyal Trumpster, then he deserves it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. MaddowBlog-Scrambling to avoid blame for Reflecting Pool fiasco, Trump's defense turns farcical

The debacle has become a metaphor of sorts, but not the one the president had in mind.

For Trump, the Reflecting Pool was supposed to be a totemic success story, demonstrating that his unique approach to problem-solving is fundamentally superior to his predecessors’.

This one project would serve as a metaphor for how awesome his awesomeness is.

Oops.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-23T13:15:51.138Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-reflecting-pool-fiasco-defense

There is a degree of irony surrounding Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool fiasco. For months, the president obsessed over the renovation project, framing it as a metaphor for how awesome his awesomeness is: The Republican would tackle a lingering problem that vexed previous administrations, while delivering impressive results quickly and cheaply.....

With this in mind, the president came to realize in recent days that he needed an excuse — or preferably villains who could shoulder the blame for his own failures.

To that end, he began assuring the public over the weekend that he had succeeded beautifully, but that “vandals” intervened and ruined his triumph. At an unrelated White House event on Monday afternoon, the president went further, alleging nefarious criminals — some armed with “probably a box cutter or a knife of some kind” — attacked the Reflecting Pool with fertilizer and “did something to create the algae.”

The administration said five people were arrested on charges of vandalism, though without more information, it’s nearly impossible to say whether these people actually did anything wrong or whether they were charged as part of an inherently political exercise.

As is usually the case with Trump’s more outlandish claims, he has provided no evidence. At his Oval Office event on Monday afternoon, the president suggested the evidence exists, but he’s not yet prepared to share it.

Trump: I can't help it if somebody goes in with a knife and starts hacking it up. Uh... and we also have pictures of it.

Q: Can you release the photos?

Trump: At the right time you'll see it. You'll see it in court.

— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-06-22T20:41:36.507704516Z

......For good measure, the president also decided to whine about Barack Obama as part of the same clumsy presentation, though it wasn’t altogether clear why.

O'KEEFE: You said the guy was gonna do the reflecting poll in a week for about a million dollars. It's been two months and .5 million


TRUMP: Are you ready? Barack Hussein Obama

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-22T20:26:19.660Z

Indeed, one of the most amazing things about this story is the number of familiar boxes it checks. Trump fails to deliver on bold promises? Check. He relies on no-bid contracts and a rushed process that fell apart? Check. He concocts weird theories about his perceived enemies? Check. He desperately spins a fantastical tale with evolving details in the hopes of avoiding blame for his own failure? Check. His aligned prosecutors scramble to help justify his dubious claims with equally dubious charges? Check.