"As a retired tile installer of 44 years, I was mortified to see ..Trump in his 15,000- to 20,000-pound armored SUV

[riversedge]

Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73
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BREAKING: OMG LOL! IT WAS TRUMP WHO RUINED THE POOL ALL ALONG! New photographs from the drained Reflection Pool show no gashes but instead show TIRE TRACKS from when Trump took a vanity drive in 10-ton vehicles across it!

No wonder he’s so defensive about it…

For over a month, Trump and his minions have been pushing outrageous conspiracy theories about imaginary antifa vandals who have been cutting “350-foot gashes” in the Reflecting Pool, ruining the $14 million paint job that was rushed and done poorly.

Now that the pool has been drained once again, we can see that the only damage to the bottom of the pool is from when Trump had his motorcade drive over it, for some inexplicable reason.

It turns out there is a reason we use asphalt on roads and don’t just paint the ground blue.

“As a retired tile installer of 44 years, I was mortified to see President Donald Trump in his 15,000- to 20,000-pound armored SUV, along with a dozen other security vehicles, being driven across the just-resurfaced Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to ‘inspect it.’”

“It is never okay to drive a motor vehicle over a hydrostatic coating designed to hold water. The weight and pressure on the armored vehicles’ tires will absolutely shear and delaminate the newly recoated surface!” writes Brian Walkowiak in a letter to the Tampa Bay Times.

Literally anybody with half a brain could have figured that out…but it appears the President lacks even that, and all of his sycophantic yes-men are too terrified to tell him no.

He should be forced to pay back every cent of the cost to fix this pool from his own personal account…and then have the rest of it seized for being the proceeds of a criminal enterprise.

What a disgrace!

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[ProfessorGAC]

1. Described Precisely By Several Here On DU

I also believe the coating was applied before the concrete was completely dried, which made ruining it even easier.
And ruin it they did.

[WorseDayEver]

22. Cheeto Pedo can't walk straight anymore , so had them drive on it so wouldn't be seen as old doddering shitforbrains

[eppur_se_muova]

30. Also the wrong type of sealant altogether -- trenchless pipes require a sealant with very different properties ...

... from ponds and pools.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21372672

[Mad_Machine76]

2. It's hard to believe sometimes

that somebody would do something THAT dumb, but it seems like there is no end to Trump's insanity and lack of critical thinking skills. I can't even imagine anybody else doing something that dumb.

[choie]

7. It's hard to believe that

people and especially the media could fall for trump’s bullshit and pathological lying.

[Mad_Machine76]

19. To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi (ANH):

"Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?"

[vapor2]

26. Is this a trick question? lol

[purr-rat beauty]

3. People were arrested due to false claims

By the "president"

Should be a misdemeanor and a cause for impeachment considering people were accused and arrested for his lie.

Fuck trump

[Initech]

4. The only two people who really should be arrested for damaging the reflecting pool:

Donald Trump and that super creepy guy that he gave the $14 million no bid contract to. Also Jeanine Pirro for abusing her power.

[maxsolomon]

23. There were 2 contracts:

14 million for the contractors to install blue truck-bed liner.
1.4 million to the "super creepy guy" for maintenance.

[The Roux Comes First]

5. I Can't Help but Wonder at the Bribes That Must Have Been Required

To get this absolute doofus to progress through grade school.

[allegorical oracle]

12. Don't even consider how he got through University of Pennsylvania. He's a dolt.

[The Roux Comes First]

14. Who Do You Suppose Had the Patience to Get Him to Put the "H" in "Wharton's"?

[maxsolomon]

25. He has a business degree.

So not terribly tough.

[yardwork]

18. Don't forget the "bone spurs" draft dodge.

[Endlessmike56]

6. Cant wait to see this reported on all the news stations tonight.

Not!

[riversedge]

8. .... But according to her promise, shouldn't Jeanine Pirro be prosecuting him?

Agree. Pirro is charging folks who dipped their hands in--and perhaps lifted out a floating piece but is silent on Trump driving over the pool. damn.


Then he, personally, should pay for the repair! But according to her promise, shouldn’t Jeanine Pirro be prosecuting him?

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[multigraincracker]

17. Bingo. Doubt his insurance covers stupid.

[allegorical oracle]

9. This is the way I feel about all that gold junk he's applying to the Oval office.

Marble can be a sensitive surface if certain substances are applied to it. Similarly, the Kennedy Center's marble finish may have been damaged when he added his name to it.

He should have to reimburse the government for each and everything he has damaged -- either by himself or by ordering others to do so.

[Botany]

10. It was all Trump's fault from the algae, to the damage to the new liner, and to removing the expansion joints.

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“He should be forced to pay back every cent of the cost to fix this pool from his own personal account…and then have the rest of it seized for being the proceeds of a criminal enterprise.”

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[jmbar2]

11. President FuckUp again...

[Torchlight]

13. Pres. Dumbass rides again

and when confronted with the consequences of his own actions, does what he does every time.. blame others and try to profit from it while the audience who pays him to take their money cheers on his incompetence. All it requires is the constant drumbeat that a Very Common Stupid is a winning message.

[oasis]

15. Attys for "vandal defendants" should present that

evidence at their trials.
Most definitely!!!

[tanyev]

16. To be fair, he never could have walked that far.

[relogic]

20. Liars are expected

to lie, and his lies are too expected. (about everything imaginable).

[WorseDayEver]

21. Why can't people just write or say: Lies

[live love laugh]

24. They did a great job distracting/entertaining everyone with that "story."

[Prairie_Seagull]

27. A bit more info on hydrostatic coatings.

https://www.wrmeadows.com/blog/waterproofing-membranes-hydrostatic-pressure-astm-guide/

I used to seal a leaking basement once, worked well but as I remember the useful dry time was significant.

I am sure there are many but they all must reach a standard that is consistent.

[The Blue Flower]

28. Cue Pogo

"We have met the enemy and he is us!"

[The Madcap]

29. Just fill the whole thing with dirt and make it a larger rose garden

and eventual cemetery. That way, he can be immortalized in the proper way...use your imagination.