BACKFIRE: Trump posts “proof” of Reflecting Pool cutting in EPIC FAIL

You know how we all collectively have. been asking for proof of Trump's claim. that elusive vandals were responsible. for a 250-ft gash? I mean a 300-ft gash? I mean a 350-ft gash in the reflecting. pool? Well, ask and you shall receive. This is the proof offered up by the. Interior Department. The tweet says, quote, "Bulletin, the United States Park. Police is seeking assistance in. identifying the individual depicted here. in connection with the destruction of. government property investigation. The. incident occurred on June 19th, 2026 at.

approximately 3:36 p.m. at the. reflecting pool on the grounds of the. Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. And. this is the video that was attached. Now, you can see very clearly how this. vandal travels hundreds of feet, the. length of a football field to be exact. I'm surprised that there was any water. left in the reflecting pool in the. aftermath of this attack. And I, for. one, will do whatever I can to find this. enemy of the state and bring them to. justice because such blatant and.

egregious vandalism must not be. tolerated. Otherwise, who knows what's. next? They might lean on a wall. They. might rub up against a window, or even. step on grass. And that kind of behavior. must not be allowed to continue. Are we. a nation of laws or not? In fact, even. TMZ got a video of the purported gash at. the center of this controversy. >> Look, I don't know. whether or not that sediment or algae or. whatever it is, I don't know why it's.

gathering like that, but it does look like, you know, maybe that's where the the cut has been. made, or there's something going on. like around here where some sizable. I don't know why the sediment would. gather there like that. Maybe I'm not an. expert, but. maybe that's where some gash. was gashed, if you feel what I mean.

>> Ah, yes. That is a box cutter slit if. I've ever seen one. That clean straight. line could only be from a knife at the. hands of vandals. No other explanation. for I am very smart and it is definitely. totally not my first day on Earth. Just. a quick note here to say that if you. appreciate my work, which is and always. will be 100% free, a small ask is if you. could please pre-order my new book The. Day After, which explores how Democrats. must finally wield power if they're. fortunate enough to get it back. I'll. also be on tour in DC, New York, and LA.

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coming up in chunks. But, Trump couldn't. take responsibility for that because. that would betray the corruption of his. deal. So, instead, he started dumping. excuses on like this. >> Are the contractors who did the initial. work for the reflecting pool, are they. supplying for the current condition or. is it. >> No, no, we had vandalism. No, vandals. It was You know, we have a 100 We have a. I think 290 300-ft slit right through. it, probably a box cutter or a knife of. some kind. But, we had people lifting up.

the basic some of the. It's not a lot of damage, but it's We'll. probably have to let the water out and. refix it. They went in there with with a. knife. Uh I was just told by the. by the people over at Parks, they have. five people are arrested. and five people are under investigation. right now. >> And this. >> They've all been fixed. We also fixed. the uh reflecting pool. In fact, if you. go over there right now, it looks very. good. It's up. They put Somebody said.

fertilizer in the water. If you put. fertilizer in the water, you get algae. But somebody said they might have put. fertilizer. They did something to create. the algae, but that doesn't matter. because. that's been. uh. purified. It's dead. Laying at the bottom, they're taking it. out. They vacuum it out. They vacuum it. very carefully out. And it'll be back to. health pretty soon. We're going to have. to let the water out to fix the water. Little There's two little areas, very. little areas, where they were cut.

And we'll fix that, but it's not leaking. or anything. It's got a base underneath. And this. >> Fencing around the reflecting pool be. down by July 4th or is that going to be. >> The pool? >> Yeah, it's. >> It's in great shape. No, ready? Thugs. They just told me a little while ago six. have been arrested. And like six or seven are under under. pictures and everything else. They went to the bottom and it's not a. paint job. It's very expensive. It's not. rubber, but it's like rubber.

And they went down with probably a a box. cutter or a very sharp razor of some. kind or knife and they cut and then they. started ripping it up. You know why? Cuz they're sick people. And then the side of the pool right at. water level, they took razors and they. started cutting this you know, very. expensive stuff. It's incredible stuff. It's beautiful. And it was so and it's still beautiful. But we have a one area where they cut.

it. It's still holding. It's not. leaking. But. they hurt it so in about probably maybe. after July 4th or maybe before. I don't. know. We'll we'll We'll let a little. water out cuz it's at the edge. They'll cut it. They'll replace it and. it'll be as good as new, but these. people should go to jail. >> And this. >> Part of what's Part of what's curious. about this situation is we stood here. with you in April when you first. revealed the plans. >> I said what? >> In April, you showed us pictures of what.

you were going to do at the pool one. You said you had a guy who was going to. do it in a week for about a million. dollars. >> Well, >> it's been 2 months and 16 and a half. million dollars. >> Okay, ready? Barack Hussein Obama, have. you ever heard of him? >> Yeah. >> He spent 2 years and over a hundred. million dollars on trying to fix it. Do. you know what happened to it? Never even. opened. >> Yes, elusive vandals, partisan algae, and even Barack Hussein Obama. Everybody's fault except his own. And. look, is this important? No, but it is. the perfect microcosm for the.

wastefulness of this government and the. incompetence of this administration. Donald Trump decided to give a no-bid. contract to an unqualified vendor who. he's friends with, and they screwed up, and now we're left paying 10 times the. amount to fix his problem. And this is. what they're wasting time on. Not. healthcare, not rent, not housing, not. food, not jobs, not inflation, all of. which are getting worse. And I get that. Trump thinks Americans are stupid, but. take a look at this and tell me if you. think that they're allowing the wool to. be pulled over their eyes. >> The pool was perfectly fine. We wasted.

all this money to. I guess make it better, but it's not. better. >> It's a crazy scene. What a waste. I've. been riding by this reflecting pool for. decades. >> can't believe that we are spending our. money this way when there's. there are so many higher priorities in. healthcare, childcare, um. closing the budget deficit. I mean, there's there's a million places we. could spend this money. >> We have. a tremendous amount of need in the. country currently,

whether you call it affordability or. just. the ability to pay your bills. >> And yet nothing will change because this. government is not in place to deliver. for regular Americans. It is in place to. assuage Trump's fragile ego. And because. Trump doesn't want to be embarrassed. over his botched reflecting pool. renovation, these are the theatrics that. we're forced to endure. But the. reflecting pool doesn't put food on the. table. It doesn't make medicine. affordable. It doesn't raise anybody's. wages or reduce inflation or lower. utility bills. But Trump doesn't care.

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