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Related: About this forumReport ties Trump's GREEN POOL GOOP to his UFC birthday bash - The Briefing w/Jen Psaki - MS NOW
The same vanity that is making a priority of Donald Trump's pet projects maybe also be their undoing, at least in the case of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool project. New reporting from the New York Times suggests that part of the reason for the out-of-control algae bloom in the pool is that devices meant to treat the water were removed at the same time that Donald Trump wanted to make a pretty spectacle of his UFC birthday celebration of himself.
David Fahrenthold, investigative reporter for the New York Times, talks with Jen Psaki about his new reporting and the emerging pattern among projects Trump pushes with no-bid contracts. "The things Trump wants done the most are often the things that are done the least well." - Aired on 06/26/2026.
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Report ties Trump's GREEN POOL GOOP to his UFC birthday bash - The Briefing w/Jen Psaki - MS NOW (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
12 hrs ago
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Botany
(78,252 posts)1. So Trump had the algae filters (nano bubblers) in the Reflecting Pool turned off for his UFC fight.
And that caused the algal bloom?
niyad
(135,349 posts)2. I have clearly not had enough caffeine yet. What do/did the nano
bubblers have to do with that revolting, trashy event on OUR lawn???
boston bean
(36,976 posts)3. Bubbles are beta. Especially nano ones.
malaise
(299,619 posts)4. K & R
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