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Botany

(78,473 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:05 AM 11 hrs ago

Where is the mainstream media with the story about Trump's motorcade fucking up the Reflecting Pool?

The tire tracks exactly match the route that Trump’s unneeded motorcade took down to
being able to see where they turned the vehicles in video and pictures. I tried watching
multiple news shows and saw nothing about it. This should be national news but I haven’t
seen much about it. Has the powers that be give a deep six order on this story order?

This reminds of 2024 when we heard endless stories about the prices of eggs but it
wasn’t until after the election that the media started to talk about Avian Flu resulting
in the deaths of > 150 million chickens.

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Where is the mainstream media with the story about Trump's motorcade fucking up the Reflecting Pool? (Original Post) Botany 11 hrs ago OP

Corporate media masters told them to stay silent..................... Lovie777 11 hrs ago #1

The video I saw yesterday was a perfect match to the tire tracks down to where the vehicles turned inside ... Botany 11 hrs ago #3

Don't want subpoenas from DOJ, that's why chicoescuela 11 hrs ago #4

Well, there goes Pirro's prosecution... sop 11 hrs ago #2

Excellent Question Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #5

A picture is worth a thousand words Grim Chieftain 10 hrs ago #9

Media is too busy with the bison chasing man story. Media: "Strait of Hor..., wait, BREAKING, bison tosses man...." RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 11 hrs ago #6

Newsweek has an article, Ms. Toad 11 hrs ago #7

This was taken by Trump's own guy, Steven Cheung Botany 10 hrs ago #10

Sounds like BS to me. kirby 10 hrs ago #8

Because it has nothing to do with that Sympthsical 10 hrs ago #11

I think those arrested are in for a windfall....... Historic NY 9 hrs ago #12

The MSM is Corporate slopaganda and wants to rage bait you instead. Oneironaut 8 hrs ago #13

Lovie777

(24,765 posts)

1. Corporate media masters told them to stay silent.....................

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:07 AM

11 hrs ago

Democrats in disarray................

Botany

(78,473 posts)

3. The video I saw yesterday was a perfect match to the tire tracks down to where the vehicles turned inside ...

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:16 AM

11 hrs ago

….the Reflecting Pool.

The powers that be are covering up for Trump or @ least that is how I see it.

chicoescuela

(3,422 posts)

4. Don't want subpoenas from DOJ, that's why

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:16 AM

11 hrs ago

sop

(20,202 posts)

2. Well, there goes Pirro's prosecution...

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:08 AM

11 hrs ago

Kid Berwyn

(25,743 posts)

5. Excellent Question

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:20 AM

11 hrs ago

“Not your fault, Dear Leader.”

Grim Chieftain

(2,447 posts)

9. A picture is worth a thousand words

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:48 AM

10 hrs ago

That pretty much says it all.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,508 posts)

6. Media is too busy with the bison chasing man story. Media: "Strait of Hor..., wait, BREAKING, bison tosses man...."

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:30 AM

11 hrs ago

Ms. Toad

(39,010 posts)

7. Newsweek has an article,

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:35 AM

11 hrs ago

But disagrees that it shows tire tracks. Snopes also disputes that it shows tire tracks.

I haven't seen a video, but none of the still shots look like tire tracks to me

Botany

(78,473 posts)

10. This was taken by Trump's own guy, Steven Cheung

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:55 AM

10 hrs ago

Link to tweet

kirby

(4,544 posts)

8. Sounds like BS to me.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:44 AM

10 hrs ago

The photo shows something near the edge of the pool, the motorcade was not even near there.

Sympthsical

(11,389 posts)

11. Because it has nothing to do with that

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:13 AM

10 hrs ago

Despite social media apparently discovering the Reflecting Pool for the first time, because Trump wanted to shittify it in his usual way, the thing has had problems for years.

Here's the run down - it's old. It's always had algae problems. Trump's solution is his usual M.O. - a shitty surface repair that does nothing to address structural issues. He literally thought he could slap a coat of paint on it and call it a day, and no one around him told him otherwise.

Surprise, it does nothing, because the underlying structure and pipes have been screwed for decades.

A NYT piece goes over it all extremely well:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/31/us/trump-reflecting-pool-problems.html

(Just read it in reader mode if you don't have a subscription)

That plant was built during the most recent renovation in the 2010s, when the Obama administration spent $35 million to renovate the pool. Afterward, the algae and leaks returned.

An illustration showing the network of plumbing that supports the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. There is a network of pipes that cycle water between the pool and a water treatment plant. Additionally, there are pipes connecting the treatment plant to the Tidal Basin and the city’s sewer system. A drain line connects the pool to the Tidal Basin, and a municipal water line also connects to the pool.

Water is pumped from the Tidal Basin, an inlet of the Potomac River, to the treatment plant. There it is filtered and purified before being fed into the Reflecting Pool.

But when the water from the Tidal Basin is too murky or filled with algae — which is often — the pool is filled with city drinking water instead. This happens especially in the hot summer months, when algae blooms are prevalent.

Just because it's new to social media doesn't mean the issue is new.

Historic NY

(40,248 posts)

12. I think those arrested are in for a windfall.......

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:33 AM

9 hrs ago

Oneironaut

(6,391 posts)

13. The MSM is Corporate slopaganda and wants to rage bait you instead.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:55 AM

8 hrs ago

Reality does not make the line go up. Also, being on the President's bad side does not make the line go up. Not reporting on this is a business decision made in a boardroom.

Edit: Not sure the tire tracks are actually real though.

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