Mary Trump - What Lies Beneath
For all of Donald Trump’s efforts to put his name on everything, reality has a way of leaving its own signature.
Last week, a major algae bloom turned much of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool green while the newly applied blue coating on the bottom of the pool began peeling away and floating to the surface. This is the same Reflecting Pool renovation that ended up costing taxpayers somewhere between $14 million and $15 million, despite originally being projected to cost less than $2 million.
The entire fiasco is a complete and utter disaster, and one that could have been avoided. Congress could have done its job and refused to allow a no bid contract to be awarded to one of Donald’s donors and cronies. A qualified firm with actual expertise could have been hired. Instead, taxpayers were left funding yet another lesson in what happens when loyalty is valued more highly than competence.
Over the weekend, Donald and his allies offered a variety of explanations for why the Reflecting Pool renovation had become such an embarrassment. We were told not to believe our own eyes. We were told it was not really that serious. We were assured the problem would be fixed. Most importantly, we were told it was not Donald’s fault.
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