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Zorro

(18,998 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 02:56 PM 18 hrs ago

Trump likely to drain Reflecting Pool again, following peeling paint and algae

President Donald Trump said Saturday night that he was likely to drain the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool again, as workers contend with paint peeling off its surface and algae blooming in the wake of his $14 million effort to resurface it.

The president made his announcement, after what he said was a meeting with contractors while he was at Camp David in Maryland for the weekend. It comes 16 days after the government began refilling the pool following a renovation that Trump had said would result in clean water and “could last for 100 years.”

Since pieces of peeling paint started floating to the water’s surface earlier this week, the Interior Department has not responded to questions about the paint and why the pool surface is separating.

The agency said in a statement Wednesday that it is treating the pool with hydrogen peroxide and “high-tech nanobubble ozone technology” to limit the spread of algae.

https://wapo.st/4elSUlY

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Trump likely to drain Reflecting Pool again, following peeling paint and algae (Original Post) Zorro 18 hrs ago OP
shithole and comrades need to give it a rest.................. Lovie777 18 hrs ago #1
Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide? The Madcap 17 hrs ago #2
Appears that whatever is being pumped into the pool is flammable. There's allegorical oracle 15 hrs ago #8
Then refill it with nutrient-rich river water orthoclad 17 hrs ago #3
So this is what happens to the "Reflecting Pool" when it suffers the reflection of a pile of pond scum!! cornball 24 17 hrs ago #4
National Guard on alert for Algae Qaeda terrorists Mysterian 16 hrs ago #5
He won't find the 'sabateurs' there either. C_U_L8R 16 hrs ago #6
Not ready for the 4th pfitz59 16 hrs ago #7

Lovie777

(24,421 posts)
1. shithole and comrades need to give it a rest..................
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 03:00 PM
18 hrs ago

adults need to call the experts and scientists to fix it.

The Madcap

(2,152 posts)
2. Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide?
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 03:15 PM
17 hrs ago

Well, I guess that'll increase the amount of free oxygen atoms in the water once a bit of solar energy hits the water's surface. I don't know if it will help, though, as I'm neither a chemist nor a botanist.

allegorical oracle

(6,678 posts)
8. Appears that whatever is being pumped into the pool is flammable. There's
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 05:46 PM
15 hrs ago

warnings on the sides of the white containers at poolside. Hope nobody flicks a lit match in the water.

cornball 24

(1,588 posts)
4. So this is what happens to the "Reflecting Pool" when it suffers the reflection of a pile of pond scum!!
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 04:00 PM
17 hrs ago

C_U_L8R

(49,621 posts)
6. He won't find the 'sabateurs' there either.
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 04:23 PM
16 hrs ago

What a ridiculous person. A complete buffoon.

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