The most recent draining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has made President Trump’s claims of “vandalism” all the more doubtful.
The president made this claim after the “American Flag Blue” paint began to peel off in massive chunks and discolor the water, attributing the failed renovation to a “350-foot gash, made by a very sharp knife or razors.” Yet Monday’s draining revealed no such thing, only what appeared to be tire marks—likely from the president’s motorcade driving through the empty pool in May.
No one is buying this. In June, the president said that this so-called “gash” was just 250 feet long. Then it changed to 300 feet, 350 feet, and finally, 300 yards long, the size of three football fields. And yet all that has been revealed in this recent draining is what resembles tire marks, most likely left by the president himself, not vandals with box cutters. And to make matters worse, this failed vanity project has cost American taxpayers over $14 million
Well see that’s the thing about that area, it’s designed so people can easily walk around. So in order to check out how the construction is going, you naturally have to form a motorcade and drive through the construction, as opposed to like, walking out of the White House during lunch one day and going down to look at it.
Growing up I remember people disagreeing with Clinton and Bush, but like dudes were still taking jogs around D.C./parks or bike riding around for exercise.
It seems crazy to think they couldn’t just put the old butter in a golf cart and drive him by real quick, like sure the secret service would still run with or w.e, but unless they really think every minute of every day someone is waiting outside the White House for the one time he comes outside to get him it seems overkill.
Also if we got rid of the secret service and made all of our positions take public transit everywhere, politicians would focus more on helping as much of the population as they can instead of focusing on specific shareholders who will prop their campaigns.