Stalin
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Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor who ran against Trump and JD Vance as the running mate of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, wrote on X, formerly Twitter:
“Found an imaginary problem,
said only they could fix it,
didn’t listen to experts,
hired buddies who grifted millions,
failed miserably,
bragged how great it went.
The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.”
Just days after the renovation was finished, however, an algae bloom turned the water green. In response, National Park Service employees were deployed and seen using skimmers and adding hydrogen peroxide to the water in an attempt to restore the water quality.
In a statement on social media on Wednesday, the interior department declared that “advanced nanobubbler technology” had “very effectively killed the algae”, adding: “Our National Park Service team is now vacuuming up the dead algae resting on the bottom of some parts of the Reflecting Pool – just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf.”
In reality, however, much of the water remained murky later in the week, with algae still visible in some areas, and large flakes of paint peeling from the basin and floating on the surface.
The Atlantic reported this weekend that laboratory testing it commissioned identified algae in the pool as Scenedesmus, a genus of green algae.
The project has also come under scrutiny over its contracting process. The New York Times reported that the Trump administration had awarded a no-bid contract to a business tied to a longtime supporter of the president to install the water-purification system in the pool.
www.theguardian.com
comrade stalin
moscow
“Found an imaginary problem,
said only they could fix it,
didn’t listen to experts,
hired buddies who grifted millions,
failed miserably,
bragged how great it went.
The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.”
Just days after the renovation was finished, however, an algae bloom turned the water green. In response, National Park Service employees were deployed and seen using skimmers and adding hydrogen peroxide to the water in an attempt to restore the water quality.
In a statement on social media on Wednesday, the interior department declared that “advanced nanobubbler technology” had “very effectively killed the algae”, adding: “Our National Park Service team is now vacuuming up the dead algae resting on the bottom of some parts of the Reflecting Pool – just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf.”
In reality, however, much of the water remained murky later in the week, with algae still visible in some areas, and large flakes of paint peeling from the basin and floating on the surface.
The Atlantic reported this weekend that laboratory testing it commissioned identified algae in the pool as Scenedesmus, a genus of green algae.
The project has also come under scrutiny over its contracting process. The New York Times reported that the Trump administration had awarded a no-bid contract to a business tied to a longtime supporter of the president to install the water-purification system in the pool.
Trump acknowledges ‘real problems’ at reflecting pool after $14m makeover, blaming ‘vandalism’
US president also claims vandals have been arrested, as Washington attraction sees algae bloom and peeling paint
comrade stalin
moscow
