the reflecting pool is , of course, trump's bane .....

[rampartd]

Nemesis, the goddess of retribution, observed Narcissus' callous disregard for those who loved him. To exact justice, she led him to a pool where he saw his own reflection. Unaware that it was merely an image, Narcissus fell deeply in love with it. Upon realizing the truth, he was consumed by despair, understanding that his love would never be reciprocated. This realization led him to take his own life, and legend has it that from the place of his death sprang the narcissus flower, a symbol of his self-obsession

Source: https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Narcissus/narcissus.html

[malaise]

1. Perfect

Irony
Rec

[Ponietz]

2. He needed a distraction from the distraction and it worked

Anything but Epstein. Anything but the terms of unconditional surrender to Iran.

[gab13by13]

3. He made money destroying the pool

and he will make money trying to fix it. That's all he cares about. His devout followers will believe that someone cut the liner with a utility knife.

[Maru Kitteh]

6. They'll believe it and never ask WHY a liner so easily destroyed

would be installed and charged so much for in the first place.

[GiqueCee]

7. His devout followers...

... are so dirt stupid that they'd believe the Moon is made of green cheese, and the Earth is flat, if he said so.
They are so invested in their belief that Trump is the Second Coming, or some such witless idiocy, that they reject irrefutable evidence of his staggering in competence to the point where they are forced to embrace policies that so obviously adversely affect them that they tie themselves in knots trying to rationalize what even their dim brains know to be false. I'd almost feel sorry for them if they weren't just as fundamentally evil as he is. Otherwise they wouldn't BE Republicans in the first place.

[dave99]

9. what liner ? this is liquid applied to concrete.

not a large piece of vinyl applied to surface.

what bullshit

[LisaL]

11. That is my understanding as well.

As far as I can tell, they painted it with some paint. The surface was probably not completely dry. So now it's peeling. Pouring hydrogen peroxide into the pool didn't help the paint to stay on either.

[state of stupid]

14. I wonder how many razor blades they used in their box-cutters to make a cut that long

on a sprayed-on liner on top of CONCRETE!

[EuterpeThelo]

4. Nemesis

is the goddess with whom I've been pleading ever since this evil madman slimed his way into power to PLEASE do something!

Besides just hubris, the traits for which Nemesis punishes the wicked are so oddly specific...

NEMESIS was the goddess of indignation against, and retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune. She was a personification of the resentment aroused in men by those who commited crimes with apparent impunity, or who had inordinate good fortune.

(Attribution: https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Nemesis.html)

[Ponietz]

10. More Americans are turning to religion in hope that Hell exists to punish the fat bastard

Paraphrased from an Onion lede.

[KS Toronado]

5. We should take to the streets in a "NO KINGS" style

with our banners & pitchforks "UN-PAINT THE POOL, VANDALS WILL RUIN IT AGAIN"

[rampartd]

8. the albanians are great, aren't they

poorest princess
barefoot in paradise
beset by peasants with banners and garden tools.

[Martin68]

12. Great metaphor, but Trump will leave a smelly pile of shit behind rather than a sweet-smelling narcissus.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

13. That's good.

[mountain grammy]

15. Saying it again

Perfect!