Readers, before we begin: a timeline of absurdity. In late April of this year, Trump proudly announced that he would be “refurbishing” the Reflecting Pool that sits outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (It has long been choked with algal blooms and always turns green during the oppressively humid murk of D.C. summers.) The bottom of the pool would be coated with a Trump-approved layer of deluxe sealant, painted “American Flag Blue,” and infused with some newfangled “ozone nanobubbler” Trumptech just in time for the America 250 event Trump was hoping to celebrate in spectacular style on July 4.
And there those nattering nabobs of negativism in the press all were, poking at Trump’s vanity, telling the world that Trump had no idea what he was doing, what kind of physical and environmental obstacles made his idea of “fixing” the Reflecting Pool pure folly. (It’s really not much more complicated than the reality that the Reflecting Pool is a standing body of water set down in the middle of a swamp.) The haters said it couldn’t be done.
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