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Trump's algae-rich Reflecting Pool smells of RFK Jr. to me

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19.06.2026

The good news about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turning greener than Kermit the Frog’s keister is President Donald Trump finally has a swamp to drain.

I’m kidding, there’s nothing funny about algae breaking out all over the Reflecting Pool immediately after President I’m-A-Builder dumped $14.2 million into beautifying the Washington, DC, landmark so it would appear “American Flag Blue.”

In fact, shame on the Reflecting Pool for allowing itself it to seem like a failure just as the president agrees to a deal with Iran that also sounds like a failure. Nobody likes a giant, shallow pool that understands how metaphors work.

Trump should change America's colors to match the green Reflecting Pool

The pool does look less blue and more glow-in-the-dark Slurpee, but that was probably part of the........

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