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struggle4progress

(127,500 posts) Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:37 PM Yesterday

Can Tire Tracks Be Seen on Bottom of Lincoln Reflecting Pool?

Jul 14, 2026 at 07:35 AM EDT
updated Jul 14, 2026 at 09:57 AM EDT
By Alice Gibbs

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“A proper investigation would consider many potential contributing factors, including product selection, substrate preparation, application methods and cure conditions, expansion joint detailing, environmental exposure, mechanical loading, and any chemical exposure after the pool was placed into service. Direct field observations and testing will provide far more reliable information than photographs circulating on social media”

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https://www.newsweek.com/can-tire-tracks-be-seen-on-bottom-of-lincoln-reflecting-pool-12192582

Obviously caused by a big knife with multiple blades about as thick as a tire

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Can Tire Tracks Be Seen on Bottom of Lincoln Reflecting Pool? (Original Post) struggle4progress Yesterday OP

BREAKING: Trump drained the reflecting pool and it DID reveal damage... tire marks. LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #1

Can't wait till Norm Eisen calls Mona Lisa Vito as a witness. dem4decades 23 hrs ago #2

Does "the beast" have positraction? yellow dahlia 23 hrs ago #3

One of the all time great performances by Marisa Tomei. Permanut 22 hrs ago #7

I wonder if the Beast, and other vehicles had studded tires? OAITW r.2.0 23 hrs ago #4

I'm betting the defense attorneys will work Don Old's Hassler 23 hrs ago #5

The Michelin Man did it! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 23 hrs ago #6

That looks like algae and dirt settled at draining. Bristlecone 22 hrs ago #8

The streaks in the bottom photo are the same as those in the top photo rictofen 21 hrs ago #9

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,952 posts)

1. BREAKING: Trump drained the reflecting pool and it DID reveal damage... tire marks.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:43 PM

23 hrs ago

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dem4decades

(14,780 posts)

2. Can't wait till Norm Eisen calls Mona Lisa Vito as a witness.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 08:48 PM

23 hrs ago

yellow dahlia

(7,089 posts)

3. Does "the beast" have positraction?

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 PM

23 hrs ago

Permanut

(8,801 posts)

7. One of the all time great performances by Marisa Tomei.

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:40 PM

22 hrs ago

OAITW r.2.0

(33,068 posts)

4. I wonder if the Beast, and other vehicles had studded tires?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:24 PM

23 hrs ago

Superior traction when acceleration is required.

Hassler

(4,999 posts)

5. I'm betting the defense attorneys will work Don Old's

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:27 PM

23 hrs ago

Caravan across the pool in their case.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,508 posts)

6. The Michelin Man did it!

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:30 PM

23 hrs ago

Bristlecone

(11,301 posts)

8. That looks like algae and dirt settled at draining.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:52 PM

22 hrs ago

Water dried, and I would imagine it settled towards the center drains, collecting in lines.

Maybe it’s tires, but I think that is just a maybe.

Just my opinion. Driving in it was stupid regardless.

rictofen

(277 posts)

9. The streaks in the bottom photo are the same as those in the top photo

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 10:49 PM

21 hrs ago

They're all over the place, including where vehicles didn't drive.

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