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Rhiannon12866

(260,975 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:29 PM Tuesday

Trump 'set the stage for his own failure': GOP strategist blasts reflecting pool disaster - The Weeknight - MS NOW

Trump’s excuses for the algae-covered, peeling reflecting pool are falling apart, as new reporting undermines his claims that “vandals” were responsible for the damage. MS NOW political analyst and Republican strategist Matthew Bartlett joins The Weeknight to respond. - Aired on 06/23/2026.

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Trump 'set the stage for his own failure': GOP strategist blasts reflecting pool disaster - The Weeknight - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Tuesday OP

The reflecting pool is a perfect algaegory? Analalgae? for the whole Trump machine. Ocelot II Tuesday #1

Allegory. And I completely agree. No one can tell him what to do, surrounds himself with sycophants. Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #2

Oh, and by the way, where are his "concepts" of a (healtcare) plan? Justice matters. Tuesday #3

Damn good question. These days he's too busy arresting "vandals" who touched the water in the Reflecting Pool Rhiannon12866 Tuesday #4

Ocelot II

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1. The reflecting pool is a perfect algaegory? Analalgae? for the whole Trump machine.

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Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:01 PM

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Rhiannon12866

(260,975 posts)

2. Allegory. And I completely agree. No one can tell him what to do, surrounds himself with sycophants.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:11 PM

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Justice matters.

(10,226 posts)

3. Oh, and by the way, where are his "concepts" of a (healtcare) plan?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:47 PM

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It was a conman's LIE?

Ok, remove the question mark.

Rhiannon12866

(260,975 posts)

4. Damn good question. These days he's too busy arresting "vandals" who touched the water in the Reflecting Pool

Reply to Justice matters. (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:56 PM

Tuesday

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