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riversedge

(82,517 posts) Mon Jul 13, 2026, 10:01 AM 17 hrs ago

There is no 250 or 350 foot cut in the Reflection pool liner as has been claimed by Trump and others. [View all]

I just found this. Guess it was yesterday's news.

Norman Ornstein
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Gary Skye
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The Reflecting Pool has now been drained as guess what? There is no 250 or 350 foot cut in the liner as has been claimed by Trump and others.

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There is no 250 or 350 foot cut in the Reflection pool liner as has been claimed by Trump and others. [View all] riversedge 17 hrs ago OP

Did anybody but the MAGA cult ever think there was? Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #1

...which is also the Prosperity Gospel in a nutshell. Qutzupalotl 14 hrs ago #15

Well, I for one am shocked! Shocked I tell you! Bettie 17 hrs ago #2

Defund the Presidency. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 17 hrs ago #3

Best idea I've heard in a long time. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #4

Then the President should be Impeached purr-rat beauty 17 hrs ago #5

blue "American Flag Blue " liner dweller 16 hrs ago #6

Some pretty knowledgable DUers have posted their analyses of the huge fuck-up that was the "cleanup" .... eppur_se_muova 16 hrs ago #7

You mean Dump lied?! sakabatou 16 hrs ago #8

Has Trump issued a retraction? pfitz59 15 hrs ago #9

soup-rise soup-rise soup-rise struggle4progress 15 hrs ago #10

You could tell from the photos that the pieces had jagged edges MLWR 15 hrs ago #11

How do we know it was not cut and a miracle fixed it? karynnj 15 hrs ago #12

He turned THAT water into whine,for sure BattleRow 14 hrs ago #14

DUzy! Pinback 14 hrs ago #16

TY! BattleRow 13 hrs ago #20

Really? Ray Bruns 14 hrs ago #13

That pool never has had a big problem with algae and until Trump fucked with it. Botany 14 hrs ago #17

Damn, does this mean trump and his crew LIED to us ? republianmushroom 14 hrs ago #18

Epstein is in the Trump files AZ8theist 13 hrs ago #19

Nobody with a functioning brain ever believed that one Warpy 13 hrs ago #21

Some more vandals raced in and covered the slit with Flex-Seal JustABozoOnThisBus 12 hrs ago #22

The maladministration would be embarrassed to admit Buns_of_Fire 12 hrs ago #23