A company that worked on previous renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned down a request to supply its products for the makeover demanded by Donald Trump because it deemed the project "unfeasible."

New Jersey-based Sika USA, which provided concrete construction and sealing products for the 2012 renovations commissioned by the Obama administration, was approached in March by the Trump administration about its plans to resurface the pool and repaint it "American Flag Blue."

The company declined the offer because it believed completing the project by July 4 was not possible. It also warned that painting the pool's bottom blue would create additional problems, two Sika employees told CNN.

Instead, the contract went to Rhino Linings, a company primarily known for truck bed liners. Since then, Trump's pool renovation project has been plagued by green algae and blue paint chips breaking off the bottom and floating to the surface.

Firm Declined Trump Reflecting Pool Project Over Feasibility Concerns

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At least it is more accurate than any story aired in the history of Fox News.

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You can say that again.
Jesse Waters is a tool who caters to the low IQ crowd.

"The Department of Interior gave us a look at individuals suspected of vandalizing the reflecting pool. Now we haven't been able to verify the video, but take a look."



Fox News' Jesse Watters airs footage of alleged vandal who 'slashed' Reflecting Pool

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FIFY

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This was pretty accurate.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-wins-presidency-defeats-clinton-in-historic-election-upset.amp

This is the one true recipe for a Reflecting Pool: 2oz rum, 4oz pineapple juice, 1oz blue curacao, one Blue Razzberry Fruit Roll-Up
Kriston Capps

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Ok, I admit it, every post I have ever made is wrong.

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It ain't cool to edit other people's posts like you did to Dwight Way.

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FIFY (fixed it for you)

Investigative reporting reveals that the Trump administration ordered a contractor to turn off and remove "nanobubbler" algae-control devices from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. These devices were temporarily removed for 36 hours on June 12, 2026, so the water would appear clearer for a promotional and UFC event on the National Mall celebrating Donald Trump's 80th birthday. When the systems were turned off, a massive algae bloom quickly grew and turned the water green.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/us/politics/reflecting-pool-trump-algae.html

See there you have it.
They turned off the nanobubbler!

SABOTAGE.

Control of the nanobubblers is how the fight for democracy will be won

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A Greenwater Services worker inside the Reflecting Pool pump house working the nanobubble technology system. - Greenwater Services

This is state of the art stuff folks!

Company trying to clean Reflecting Pool is thrust into political storm, hires crisis communications firm

King Chump now says:





Trump stoops to a new low with latest reflecting pool claim and it's wild

Source: AP News Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trump's troubled revamp https://share.google/cu68hTj9iR27Ma0e5

Crews are again draining Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool | AP News https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-drained-trump-repairs-d3ee1129c0d65083114f2c059f4b5c80

https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-trump-makes-bonkers-claim-about-reflecting-pool-damage/

Bonkers claims, really no damage tied to vandals. This was another DJT created fail.

VOTE BLUE AND FREE WAGS

Case seems to be collapsing, happy for the Olympian to clear his name. Thank you David for representing our country at the highest level!

DOJ dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn, citing 'flawed' work by contractor - ABC News https://abcnews.com/Politics/doj-moves-dismiss-reflecting-pool-case-olympian-citing/story?id=135274977

"The Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against Olympian David Hearn, who they alleged damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool, acknowledging the damage to the pool "was the result of flawed installation by the contractor."

Hearn pleaded not guilty to a felony destruction of property charge earlier this month after the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro accused him of allegedly "forcefully and violently" ripping up parts of the pool floor.

Pirro's office said in a filing Friday seeking to drop the case that it only learned of evidence pointing to "a rushed and flawed installation process" after Hearn had been indicted by a grand jury.….







*This is just the first of many high profile DOJ vindictive prosecution cases that will crash and burn on the runway.

I'm shocked that the Trump administration wasted everybody's time and money with performative nonsense. I'm also surprised that Pirro didn't hesitate to take up the joke of a cause.

Lol, what a solid group of losers

VOTE BLUE and FREE WAGS

The Reflecting Pool presents a good summary of the nature of the Trump Administration

- Corrupt contract with a friend of Trump
- Short term propaganda surge of how good Trump is
- Immediate failure of project after the propaganda boost
- Lies about why the project failed
- Vindictive prosecution against an American who exposed the failure and false blaming of the failure on this American
- Total collapse of the vindictive prosecution
- Exposure of the American taxpayer for a lawsuit
- MAGA who boosted the original propaganda now trying to ridicule people who talk about the issue and begging them to stop

And this scandal, that the media would probably drag down a Democratic Presidency over, ranks about #1000 in terms of Trump scandals

….but, but, but, he is really street smart and savvy so he couldn't have had anything to do with that series of step on his dick decisions.


The Reflecting Pool is seen from the Washington Monument on July 30. Photo: Kevin Carter/Getty Images*

*Boy, Trump was right, that is one big hunkin' box cutter caused tear right down the center.

Not for nothing, but are those pieces of the pool for sale anywhere? Would love one for my Presidential memorabilia collection

He's throwing Pirro under the bus, to the surprise of not one person with a brain.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-disputes-own-justice-departments-173550898.html

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He's throwing Pirro under the bus, to the surprise of not one person with a brain.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-disputes-own-justice-departments-173550898.html

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"I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. "I don't know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM."

It is interesting that unlike Todd Blanche, there is a line Pirro won't cross to please the Mad King.

Now it's a straight scandal, not just a debacle anymore. This clown cannot handle a pool cleaning, think about that.

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-reflecting-pool-pirro-hearn-interior

VOTE BLUE and Free Wags