#reflectingpool

The president said multiple people had been arrested for vandalism and Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool would likely need to be drained for repairs. Source link

It is hard to imagine a better symbol or analogy for Trump’s presidency than the mess with the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC. Trump’s reflecting pool reality as metaphor captures the crud and corruption at bottom of his presidency. Immorality and base greed stink like the sludge in this body of water, which is supposed to be pristine. Criminals cannot create anything pure enough to reflect back at them anything other than their own dirty concerns. Crooks trying to pretend to be statesmen. Grifters claiming to be those who can walk on water. Trump 2.0 is sinking into another ripe mess, just like his first attempt at the presidency. Donald Trump has built a swamp in the Capital.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLGxbjFlMbo

Donald Trump & His Dirty Reflective Pool

“ Donald Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool from what the US president described as a “filthy” and “dirty” site into a “beautiful” monument has encountered a hitch.

The water is green again.”

- (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/algae-trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool)

Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump are poles apart on any criterion you can think about. Perhaps, the ghost of Lincoln does not want such a crook to mess about with the symbol allocated to possibly America’s greatest president. Integrity versus criminality. Real versus reality TV. The union’s hero versus the biggest liar the top job has ever seen. More than 600, 000 Americans lost their lives in the Civil War. It is hard to even imagine someone of the piss poor calibre of Trump being in that position.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5ZvsQMQJ_c Green Reflecting Pool Reflective Of Trump’s Envy

Trump is probably green with envy of real statesmen like Lincoln and Obama. Thus, the reflecting pool water has turned green. Trump’s reflecting pool reality as metaphor captures the actual nature of these times. No mere algae but envy writ large upon the waters.

“Patrick Hicks, a Florida resident who visited the pool on Monday, told the Associated Press he was relieved to find it green.

"I think it's an impossible task, having a pool myself," he said. "I know what it takes and what an environmental wreck it is to keep dumping those chemicals in the water to keep it blue."

The Reflecting Pool measures about 600 metres in length and 50 metres in width. 

"Honestly, I don't think you can fight Mother Nature," Mr Hicks said. "Anytime you have an environment that big, it's like cleaning a lake." “

- (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/washington-reflecting-pool-green-after-costly-renovation/106803796)

Faking stuff is the Trump way. Lying about everything and accusing others of fake news is the poisonous methodology of Donald Trump. I have long said that if you cannot trust your leader, as a nation, you are f*****!

America’s Fondness For Liars

“Americans prefer lies to the truth. How do I know this? They elected President Donald Trump. A greater exponent of the lie cannot be found. A bigger liar I do not know. Trump lies as often as he breathes, it seems. Imagine being Donald Trump’s parents. Sorry, I know that is a horrifying thought. But bear with me for a moment. Have a think about what it must have been like to have a son who constantly told mistruths. Of course, he later became a celebrity pay TV star, who lied about being a billionaire. His whole life has been one great big lie, underscored by millions of little lies.”

- (https://www.housetherapy.com.au/americans-prefer-lies-to-the-truth/)

Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of The Stoic Golfer; The AI Heresy; What Price Life?; America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump; and other titles. NOW AVAILABLE AT APPLE BOOKS & GOOGLE PLAY BOOKS. Google Play Books AUDIOBOOK