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senseandsensibility

(25,951 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 05:31 PM 14 hrs ago

Anyone believe this?

Trump today on social media when he should be concerned about the debacle he caused in Iran: "The United States Park Police have arrested multiple individuals for vandalizing our Nation's magnificent Reflecting Pool. Who would do such a thing? These are very serious crimes having to do with the destruction of National Monuments. Years in jail! Work will begin immediately on its repair."

In case you haven't been following, this is his way to blame his failure at the Reflecting Pool renovation on "vandals". I don't know. Color me skeptical.

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Anyone believe this? (Original Post) senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago OP
Recommended. H2O Man 13 hrs ago #1
This message was self-deleted by its author greatauntoftriplets 13 hrs ago #5
the Visigoths will be next Shellback Squid 13 hrs ago #2
Followed by the Ostrogoths! greatauntoftriplets 13 hrs ago #8
Blame it on the Alans. See ICE start arresting everyone named Alan, Allen, etc. nt eppur_se_muova 9 hrs ago #31
Makes sense to me, at least as much as anything does these days. greatauntoftriplets 9 hrs ago #32
Nicely done. Gaytano70 10 hrs ago #28
Part of the plan to blame the pool's current state of others BlueWaveNeverEnd 13 hrs ago #3
Yes, I'd call the contractor who did the job a vandal. Xavier Breath 13 hrs ago #4
Hell no. greatauntoftriplets 13 hrs ago #6
If true, how did he avoid being arrested? Emile 13 hrs ago #7
;-{) SELF MEDICATING Goonch 13 hrs ago #9
What an asshole. Scrivener7 13 hrs ago #10
Just another Epstein distraction. KS Toronado 12 hrs ago #11
People are grabbing hunks of the blue paint (or whatever it is) floating up Liberal In Texas 12 hrs ago #12
So will it rake another $14 million to fix the pool again? Lonestarblue 12 hrs ago #13
Its not only his way of finding somebody (on the Left) to scapegoat, slightlv 12 hrs ago #14
Oh yea, they are arresting people. LisaL 12 hrs ago #15
He accused Jonathan Karl of ABC of being a vandal senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago #24
Just fill the bloody thing up with Brawndo and have done with it. n/t Emrys 12 hrs ago #16
It's got.... SergeStorms 11 hrs ago #21
Just more BS bluster BeneteauBum 12 hrs ago #17
Exactly. paleotn 12 hrs ago #18
One guy is "multiple individuals"? oasis 12 hrs ago #19
Biden and Obama sneaking in at night AverageOldGuy 11 hrs ago #20
MAGA will believe it. Beartracks 11 hrs ago #22
Yes. Sadly, yes. They will believe it. Talitha 10 hrs ago #30
Not if Trump said/posted it, no I don't. n/t flvegan 11 hrs ago #23
No one is vandalizing it. sakabatou 11 hrs ago #25
Nah..that makes too much sense. It's antifa vandalism so off with their heads Deuxcents 11 hrs ago #26
All algae must be arrested and deported. Sneederbunk 11 hrs ago #27
Sorry. With all of the camera phones in the world, pictures or it didn't happen. BadgerMom 10 hrs ago #29

Response to H2O Man (Reply #1)

Liberal In Texas

(16,520 posts)
12. People are grabbing hunks of the blue paint (or whatever it is) floating up
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:45 PM
12 hrs ago

probably for souvenirs. So, this gives him a way to validate the vandalism claim. A claim that says the problem hasn't been that the work was done incompetently, but someone(s) have ruined it.

More of his utter nonsense not taking responsibility for anything.

Lonestarblue

(13,619 posts)
13. So will it rake another $14 million to fix the pool again?
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:48 PM
12 hrs ago

One mire grifting opportunity for the Imbecile in Chief.

slightlv

(8,166 posts)
14. Its not only his way of finding somebody (on the Left) to scapegoat,
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:50 PM
12 hrs ago

it's also his opportunity to once again spend unlimited and unaccounted for taxpayers dollars! Millions to do the damage, even more millions to repair the damage he did.

It's a racket and a pattern...

senseandsensibility

(25,951 posts)
24. He accused Jonathan Karl of ABC of being a vandal
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:04 PM
11 hrs ago

when he was reporting at the pool and pulled up some of the blue paint!

sakabatou

(46,523 posts)
25. No one is vandalizing it.
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:07 PM
11 hrs ago

IIRC, someone just picked up a piece of debris, or got near it, or got a photo, and then got arrested.

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