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Rhiannon12866

(259,315 posts)
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:55 AM 8 hrs ago

Trump tries to hide sketchy deals behind America's 250th anniversary - The Briefing w/Jen Psaki - MS NOW



Donald Trump is trying to use the 250th anniversary of the United States as an excuse for sloppy spending on rehabilitating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool while Americans watch him turn the White House grounds into a circus scene.

Norm Eisen, executive chair of the Democracy Defenders Fund, talks with Jen Psaki about the impropriety of Trump's vanity projects. - Aired on 05/27/2026.

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Trump tries to hide sketchy deals behind America's 250th anniversary - The Briefing w/Jen Psaki - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 8 hrs ago OP
Methinks Krasnov will have the reflecting pool waters ultralite001 5 hrs ago #1
And no reflection. Rhiannon12866 5 hrs ago #2

ultralite001

(2,698 posts)
1. Methinks Krasnov will have the reflecting pool waters
Thu May 28, 2026, 04:50 AM
5 hrs ago

Tinted blue to hide the rotten paint job…

American flag blue…

Rhiannon12866

(259,315 posts)
2. And no reflection.
Thu May 28, 2026, 04:55 AM
5 hrs ago

He seems to be treating this American landmark as if it's a swimming pool.

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