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Dulcinea

(10,537 posts) Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:52 AM Yesterday

Reflecting Pool being drained - again - as Trump administration tries once more to fix landmark

(CNN) Crews began draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Sunday, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, for the second time in three months.

In an interview released Tuesday with Katie Miller, a conservative podcaster and wife of President Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, Burgum said they started draining the pool as planned after the July Fourth fireworks show, noting some of the fireworks debris was still in the water.

Asked about the schedule for this round of renovations, he gave no specifics beyond a broad overview.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/reflecting-pool-being-drained

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Reflecting Pool being drained - again - as Trump administration tries once more to fix landmark (Original Post) Dulcinea Yesterday OP

Waiting for them to claim they found a box cutter on the bottom, gab13by13 Yesterday #1

My mantra is.... mikeysnot Yesterday #2

I worked in maintenance in a factory gab13by13 Yesterday #3

Don't drive the Whitehouse limo over it again Donny Dumbass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #4

Repairs could be done WITH the pool only partially drained? I thought that Bengus81 Yesterday #5

FUBAR! Aussie105 Yesterday #6

gab13by13

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1. Waiting for them to claim they found a box cutter on the bottom,

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:57 AM

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didn't notice the tire tracks from the motorcade.

mikeysnot

(4,934 posts)

2. My mantra is....

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:59 AM

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Don’t fix which is not broken.

gab13by13

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3. I worked in maintenance in a factory

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:04 AM

Yesterday

and our saying was similar but a bit more to the point.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(139,268 posts)

4. Don't drive the Whitehouse limo over it again Donny Dumbass

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 01:52 PM

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Bengus81

(10,686 posts)

5. Repairs could be done WITH the pool only partially drained? I thought that

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 05:58 PM

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FAKE NEWS 350' long gash was going to take it being fully drained,dried out etc,etc.

Vandalism my ASS!

Aussie105

(8,413 posts)

6. FUBAR!

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:25 PM

Yesterday

Look it up.

Declare the pool beyond rescue, drain it, dry out the algae, rip up the cracked base, fill it in, grass it over.

Welcome to the new picnic area!

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