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The cost of refurbishing DC's reflecting. pool is much more than Trump promised. And in other revelatory news, fire is. hot. This is just another day. It is not hyperbole to say that these. are trying times for America. Voting. maps getting redrawn on the daily, gas. prices skyrocketing, the ego-driven war. in Iran rages on. But maybe I'm just not. looking at the positives. >> The Secretary of the Interior, Doug. Burgum. Doug? Great secretary.
We're doing now the reflective pond and. we saved about $600 million or. something. It's going to be beautiful. It'll open about 2 weeks and it's going. to be incredible. >> Wow, I bet that'll look great and will. be a really exciting sight for anyone. outside of DC who can afford the gas it. takes to drive and see it. And how about. that 2-week timeline? What a specific. and unique deadline. >> We're going to be having a news. conference in about 2 weeks to let. everybody know how well we're doing. We're building new sections starting in. about 2 weeks. We're building some brand.
new sections, large sections. >> I will make that decision, I would say. over the next 2 weeks. >> And do you still believe that Putin. actually wants to end the war? >> I can't tell you that, but I'll let you. know in about 2 weeks. >> I have to say, for a guy who loves shiny. new things, he sure uses a lot of old. shitty material. But as it happens, Donald Trump's cost-saving measures are. actually a little too weak. As the New. York Times reported today, Donald. Trump's renovation of DC's reflecting. pool will cost seven times more than he. previously promised. And I have to say,
it is hard to express how unsurprising. this news is. It's kind of like finding. out Cash Patel is a keg in a shower or. that when Stephen Miller watches 12. Years a Slave, he roots for the wrong. team. The truth is, there is an easy way. to tell when Donald Trump is lying about. how much something is going to cost. Here's the tell. He uses his words to lie to us about how. much something is going to cost. Something he did just a few weeks ago. when he unveiled his grand plans to redo. the reflecting pool in our nation's. capital.
>> I thought I'd bring up a subject of. interest. I do a lot of this as. president and try and save money. And one was the Lincoln Memorial. Reflecting Pool, which everybody knows. that's where. Martin Luther King made his great. speech. >> Just want to pause here and say Trump. knows Martin Luther King Jr. made a. great speech there. But I'm guessing he doesn't remember. the, shall we say, contents of speeches. character. Because if he did, he. probably wouldn't be posting racist.
videos like this and ordering his White. House to alter the skin color of black. people. But I digress. >> They had bids to fix it. They were going. to take the stone out, which was. granite, very expensive, very thick, and replace it with stone. And it was going to cost $300 million. And I said, "No, there's a better way of. doing it." And I said, "What we're going. to do is I'm going to call. all three of these people that have. worked for me in the past doing swimming. pools. That's all they can do is a. swimming pool." And I said, "Give me a.
good price. We can do it for. maybe a million and a half to $2. million.". >> And there it was. Just another mound of. presidential This time set to. some royalty-free music, which seems to. be this administration's MO lately. Check out this cool video from the White. House's YouTube page.
You know, when you slap some generic. funk music under Trump visiting that. construction project, you almost forget. that all he's doing is delaying their. work and forcing taxpayers to cough up. more cash so it can get finished on. time. And that was the White House's. explanation for why they handed out a. no-bid contract to a firm that has done. a bunch of work on Trump's properties.
before. Normally, a no-bid government. contract is only allowed to prevent. serious injury, financial or other, to. the government. But in this instance, Mr. Trump wanted a change for the. country's birthday party on July 4th. So, Trump will move heaven and earth for. our nation's birthday, but when someone. wishes for a hug on his birthday, he's. out of luck. So sad. And what would be an announcement from. this administration if it didn't include. some AI slop? Around the same time he. announced his repainting of America's. reflecting pool, the troller-in-chief.
posted this AI photo of himself with his. cabinet floating in the water. And my favorite part is how even when. Trump is trying to rile up his. opponents, he can't help but make J.D. Vance fatter than him. This president. will rig elections, wreck our economy, spend billions of taxpayer dollars. haphazardly bombing Iran, but I. guarantee you he will never post a real. photo with his shirt off. But the worst part about this man's. snake oil salesmanship is how much venom. he has for his detractors. >> So, it's a story in business. And here's.
the difference, cuz somebody said, "Well, sir, but one, wouldn't it be a. better job?" I said, "No, no. This is a. much better job for much less money.". >> It turns out it is a story in business, which is once upon an every time Donald. Trump ripped America off. The reality. is, when it comes to Donald Trump's pet. projects, he somehow always manages to. find the money with our money. Trump's. border wall wasn't paid for by Mexico, so he hunted around America's couch. cushions and found a cool 15 billion.
Trump acquired his free plane from Qatar. that turned out to cost a billion more. than free, but luckily, he found some. crumpled up bills in our pockets. And. then there's the president's ballroom. that was going to cost 200 million, then. 250, then 300, then 350, then 400. But, what does it really matter anyway. because after all, it's being funded by. private donors, right? >> Senate Republicans are requesting a. billion dollars to fund security. improvements for President Trump's White.
House Ballroom. >> I believe the correct term is insecurity. improvements. It's kind of a tell that. this man lacks confidence in his. presidential legacy when it comes to. policy, so instead, he keeps investing. billions in window dressing. Donald. Trump always manages to find the cash. for what he wants, yet always seems to. come up empty when it's something we. need. Healthcare? Can't afford it. Cancer research? Too costly. Food. assistance? Sorry, money's a little. tight right now. But, don't you dare.
point that out to him. >> You are here against the backdrop of the. war in Iran. Why focus on all these. projects right now when we're seeing gas. prices rise? >> to keep our country beautiful and safe. This is one of the worst reporters. She's with ABC fake news and she's a. horror show. She's saying, "Why would. you bother fixing this up? Why would I. bother taking 11 or 12 truckloads of. filth out of the water in front of the. Lincoln Monument?" That's what made our. country great. >> Hell, yeah. America isn't about freedom.
or hope, it's about the cleanliness of. our water-based monuments. You think the. stars on our flag represent the states? No, that is a 50-star review of our. reflecting pools. Even today, he was asked about his. massive cuts to HHS at a time when. there's a cruise virus cruising its way. to America. >> And what do you say to infectious. diseases experts who say they're worried. the country may not be prepared to deal. with something like hantavirus because. of all the HHS, you know, funding and.
staffing cuts? >> Well, I think we take care of that. You. want to ask her? It's just not true. It's Jay Bhattacharya has taken this. task on. Secretary Kennedy is involved. with him. He can speak to him perhaps. even better than I can than the room. Now, Secretary. >> Yeah, I mean we've had CDC teams on it. from day one. >> Well, I for one find nothing more. reassuring than having everyone pass the. buck on the deadly virus question only. to have said buck land at the feet of. this guy.
>> Uh the China virus isn't just safe, it's. what I sprinkle on my raccoon steaks for. more flavor. >> But how fitting that this is the latest. project for Trump to lie about. One. where he's merely painting over some. issues to give the allure of perfection. because that's all this guy does every. single day. It's a new coat of paint to. cover up his lies, his corruption, and. his endless desire to force hardworking. Americans to pay for his legacy building. projects while he continues to profit. billions off of the presidency. And if I. had to guess, Donald Trump will probably.
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