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riversedge

(82,155 posts)
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 11:38 AM Yesterday

BREAKING: New footage emerged of VANDALS driving their SUVs on the newly finished pond sealant, effectively ruining it!

The weight of all those cars most likely did do some damage!! IMHO.

BREAKING:

New footage emerged of VANDALS driving their SUVs on the newly finished pond sealant, effectively ruining it!


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BREAKING: New footage emerged of VANDALS driving their SUVs on the newly finished pond sealant, effectively ruining it! (Original Post) riversedge Yesterday OP
Don't they look ridiculous... displacedvermoter Yesterday #1
They did then but especially now underpants Yesterday #8
Arrest the one wearing bronzer make-up and yellow Clairol. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #2
The vandals' ringleader... sop Yesterday #5
Destroying all we hold dear, especially... Kid Berwyn Yesterday #7
That's what it takes to drive his carcass around. The Madcap Yesterday #12
That's part of why his trips are so expensive Kid Berwyn Yesterday #16
Kick dalton99a Yesterday #3
Nah. (thanks, but there have been much more on point explanations ..) stopdiggin Yesterday #4
I'm pretty sure the motorcade did at least as much damage HappyH Yesterday #6
ridiculous (running in either direction) stopdiggin Yesterday #9
Thought about that at the time. Aged pipes underpin the pool surface and poorly allegorical oracle Yesterday #10
Is this for real??? niyad Yesterday #11
Yes Uncle Joe Yesterday #13
Dear Goddess, what utter insanity! niyad Yesterday #14
It was never designed to hold vehicles, that's way too much weight, and they drove a caravan of armored suvs on it! Uncle Joe Yesterday #17
It's A Gross Display Of Self-Aggrandizement, But.... ProfessorGAC Yesterday #15
Pea-brained pedophile on parade Blue Owl Yesterday #18
Clueless Trump and his merry band of idiots! oasis Yesterday #19
Recommended H2O Man Yesterday #20

underpants

(197,757 posts)
8. They did then but especially now
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:16 PM
Yesterday

Trump: LOOK WHAT I’M DOING!!
He has (seared of course) Oval Office pressers with poster board presentations.

MAGA took victory laps.

(Completely blows up in his face in new and interesting ways)

MAGA: Why us everyone talking about the Reflecting Pool?!??

Kid Berwyn

(25,452 posts)
2. Arrest the one wearing bronzer make-up and yellow Clairol.
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 11:45 AM
Yesterday

He’s the pig-eyed traitor riding in the 15,000-pound-plus Beast limo with cankles.

Kid Berwyn

(25,452 posts)
16. That's part of why his trips are so expensive
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:53 PM
Yesterday

They need a tank hauler like a C-5 Super Galaxy to haul it and the fleet of gas guzzlers wherever he golfs or grovels.

Government Watchdog: Trump's Trips To Florida Costing Taxpayers Millions

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691684859/government-watchdog-trumps-trips-to-florida-costing-taxpayers-millions

It’s OK with John Roberts, so we know it’s treason for anybody else.

stopdiggin

(15,816 posts)
4. Nah. (thanks, but there have been much more on point explanations ..)
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 11:46 AM
Yesterday

And probably at least enough wild conjecture.

(paint is not stripping, delaminating, in areas specific to where vehicles might have driven. among other things.)

HappyH

(280 posts)
6. I'm pretty sure the motorcade did at least as much damage
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:04 PM
Yesterday

as the fellow who was arrested yesterday for vandalism after touching a floating chunk of peeling paint.

stopdiggin

(15,816 posts)
9. ridiculous (running in either direction)
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 12:38 PM
Yesterday

But - I hadn't taken the original post as an attempt at sarcasm or satire. (and perhaps I should have)

allegorical oracle

(6,678 posts)
10. Thought about that at the time. Aged pipes underpin the pool surface and poorly
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:27 PM
Yesterday

supported, old pipes can break. In any event, the ride was an unnecessary display of hubris, which is par for djt.

Uncle Joe

(65,964 posts)
13. Yes
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:44 PM
Yesterday
By —
Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Trump drives across Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to inspect blue coating he's adding
Politics May 8, 2026 1:42 PM EDT

(snip)

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-drives-across-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-to-inspect-blue-coating-hes-adding

Uncle Joe

(65,964 posts)
17. It was never designed to hold vehicles, that's way too much weight, and they drove a caravan of armored suvs on it!
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 02:17 PM
Yesterday

There is no doubt this caused structural damage.

It's as Forrest Gump said, stupid is as stupid does.

ProfessorGAC

(77,645 posts)
15. It's A Gross Display Of Self-Aggrandizement, But....
Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:52 PM
Yesterday

...certainly nothing to do with the pond fiasco.

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