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Beware algae, and possibly ducks.
Does Trump even know he’s sandbagging peace talks? I frankly do not have much faith in Vance’s ability to negotiate with Iran. But Trump weighing in from his diet coke-fueled perch in Mar-a-Lago or Washington with threats of killing negotiators certainly won’t help.
"You close it, and you won't have a country. You won't even make it back to your f---ing country."
He can’t control himself.
“If it works out, I’m going to take the credit,” Trump said of the peace deal last week. “If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD.”
In Trump’s battle with the truth and algae, he is out-and-out lying that there are vandals slicing cuts into the base of the Reflecting Pool. Without any proof, he says vandals are responsible for the failing pool renovation.
“It’s not a lot of damage, but we’ll probably have to let the water out and refix it. They went in there with a knife,” describing what he first said was a 290- to 300ft slit in the paint but then later amended to a 350ft slit. He also said someone had put fertilizer into the water, which caused the algae to grow. None of this has basis in fact. He called them “Sick, derranged people.”
Former Olympian David Hearn was arrested for “destruction of government property” after he simply touched the floating, detached liner of the pool.
To justify it all, Trump continuously lies through his teeth, saying that the Biden and Obama administrations spent “hundreds of millions” on repairs and renovations to the pool. According to the NY Times, only about $35.5 million on major repairs and proposals to rehabilitate the reflecting pool were spent by Obama and Biden. Trump’s renovation has cost more than $14 million to reseal the pool and add blue-tinted coating, an update that may not address other underlying problems.
On top of this nightmare, the Washington Post reports two ducks were found dead in and near the pool. Wildlife officials in D.C. said that all the construction activity is placing additional stress and “drama” on the ducks and their habitat. Algae containing toxins called cyanobacteria, or chemicals from the paint in the Reflecting Pool, could harm or be toxic to wildlife. Studies are being conducted on the dead birds to determine why they died.
If it is determined that these ducks died because of Trump’s actions, there would be major public outcry.
After everything, all the destruction, suffering and death under his watch, it could become the straw that breaks the country’s back.
He went to war on a whim, spends millions on things that don’t help American citizens. The Kennedy Center is still covered by tarps, the Epstein Files are still not released and our voting rights are in danger. And our president is a serial liar and grifter.
Thanks for being here! Have a good Tuesday if you can. Thanks for letting me rant, see you very soon.