It would be hilarious if it wasn’t wasting 14.2 million dollars on a no bid contract that we all knew was going to fail since it was, just like everything Trump, surface level.
It’s only a matter of time before we get bleach mixed with ammonia. That’ll get it!
Fun reminder: Most natural swamps aren’t actually toxic. Until some human-made toxic spills which complicate things.
Really puts the DC “Swamp” in perspective, huh. What are they doing over there, I wonder
Bleach is liquid chlorine.
Cl2 is liquid chlorine. Bleach refers to hypochlorite solution
If you shine special lights on the algae it could cure the pool. Maybe some “Poolscumvermectin”?
Honest question: Why were there no algae in there before the renovation? I have tried to figure this out and can’t find anything on it. If they really “just” painted everything blue, why would there be suddenly a growth of algae?
There is algae from time to time. Obama had to update the filtration system (yes he did the work all by himself while wearing a tan suit) because of algae.
Trump copies everything Obama does but is purely incompetent.
But FOX News told me that no other president would ever remove the algae… Are you saying they lied to me, sir?
I seriously thought that segment was satire. The host saying “it’s American Flag Blue” while pointing at a reflecting pool that’s Undrained Swamp Green is like something out of SNL
Segment starts at 60 seconds, if the link doesn’t work
What I heard™ was that the new color paint is darker so it causes the water to warm slightly creating more favorable conditions for an algae that was already a bit a bit of a problem, turning it into a bear of a problem.
That’s what I heard.
That is hilarious. And they blame the radical leftist liberals omfg I can’t even
Algae has been a problem for that pool, which all pools suffer from not just this shallow oversized one. Previous administrations has looked into this and their contractors/experts told them that there are fundamental issues with the pool that includes foundational issues such as cracked piping under the pool and filters that ain’t filtering right.
HOWEVER, This idiot decided that he would give a no-bid 14.2 million dollar contract to a contractor that doesn’t even do pools, just industrial waterproofing, and then had them just seal some cracks and put on a coat of dark blue paint. And you have to realize that dark colors absorbs more light and that heats up the pool water even more and you what loves heat? Algae. Now with the use of tidal water with the bad filters and pipes that are still leaking and pulling in nutrients/junk with a even warmer pool, well that how you get lots of algae.
Maybe this is just Trump trying to get into the algae-based bio fuel industry in a 4d chess move but maybe he’s just a moron.
There was algae before, but not near as bad from what I understand. IIRC they last did repairs and maintenance on the reflecting pool under Obama. Which may or may not have been part of the reason Trump wanted to redo them.
That’s what the orange kid-diddlers does, takes what Obama did (with varying degrees of success), tears it down, siphons millions for himself and his cronies, then gives us a shittier version of it.
Much like Iran
my speculation is that it used to be maintained correctly with shock and filtering
There was alge before. He tried to fix it, but failed.
I mean, you could have tried that BEFORE you spent a zillion dollars.
Bleach…you mean the stuff that should be injected in people’s veins to get rid of covid, that stuff?
Man, bleach is just wondrous stuff. Is there nothing it cannot do!!!
I thought we were supposed to inject light to kill COVID…
I’ve been injecting it ever since he recommended it, and I never got Covid.
At this point I’m slightly surprised he didn’t fill the pool with Ivermectin
prttt
‘This stuff cured my cousin of AIDS!’
squeezes the rest of the tube of Ivermectin into the pool
14.2 and counting. Bleach and pump flushes arent gonna pay for themselves yknow…
True. I wonder how much he spent on having government employees go to the freaking local pool supply store and by shock at retail prices that literally did fuck all with the amount of water in the pool.
I wonder if they even thought of cleaning the pumps…
They should put some ivermectin in there for good measure.
Im surprised they didn’t use Ivermectin. Im sure Kennedy drinks that stuff regularly
I remember about 10-15 years ago a buddy of mine was selling this pool shock stuff that was all natural, some sort of microscopic critter that liked eating algae. They tested it in a completely green pool and it turned the water clear overnight.
Guess they are too dumb to know about stuff like that.
Sounds pretty woke. Hard pass.
That’s what Obama used, so we can’t use that.
Sounds interesting, can you point us anywhere? I an curious
It was a grift. Who didn’t see that?
The dumb fucker pocketed most of the cash and had a couple unqualified goons pick up some shit from Home Depot.
Of course, it’s the classic real estate developer kick back scheme. He gives the contract to his special Pool Guy, who totally understands that he does the job with half the budget, and kicks back the rest to Trump. Then they split the overruns, too.
This kind of deal is Trump’s bread & butter, he’s been doing it his entire life, with absolutely no consequences at all. That’s why he is so obsessed with his building projects. They stopped his Kennedy Center renovation, but you still have the Ballroom, and the Arc de Trump, which I love to say because it is so RETARDED (sorry about that, but sometimes an extreme word is 100% appropriate).
Watch out, his supporters will start calling it “Arc de Trump” non-ironically.
Sure it wasnt four seasons?
Trump can’t count that high.
I dont think he advanced past salt and pepper.
its somewhat appropriate that theres a cum-like stench over all of washington dc now. Wonder if thats going to have to be permanent.
Bleach is a cure-all. Algae, COVID, Worm brain, hand stain, sleepy meeting syndrome, etc. It’s really Windex 2.0
/s
I’m almost afraid to ask: does ivermectin treat those flesh-eating worms invading Texas?
Guess they’d better host a few more super spreader parties and find out
It’s kinda like magnets… Nobody knows how it works.
I’m curious if massive amount of bleach will fade the flag paint job of the wading pool?
Wait, I’m American and must have missed this. They painted a fucking flag in the bottom of it?
They didn’t paint a flag, just painted the bottom and sides blue to try to make it look better… And then immediately ruined it, as they do to everything they touch
American flag blue. Sorry missed a word
