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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Reflecting Pool Scheme Doesn't Hold Water
The president handed a $6.9 million no-bid contract to his own pool guy to turn it blue.President Donald Trump reportedly skirted the rules to spend massive amounts of money on something Americans never dreamed they needed: A Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool painted blue.
Trump ordered the makeover of the century-old pool on the National Mall, which has been the focal point of such historic gatherings as Vietnam War protests and Martin Luther King Jr.s I Have a Dream speech.
Trump somehow determined that overhauling the pool was suddenly urgent. That leaky determination allowed him to simply hand a hefty $6.9 million no-bid contract to the company he said worked on the pool at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.
I have a guy whos unbelievable at doing swimming pools, the president told the press in late April. He initially claimed the project would cost $2 million.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-scheme-doesnt-hold-water/
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Trump's Reflecting Pool Scheme Doesn't Hold Water (Original Post)
Zorro
3 hrs ago
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JoseBalow
(9,677 posts)1. How much did he get in kickbacks?
drumpf doesn't do anything that doesn't enrich himself.
Norbert
(7,844 posts)2. Eventually the reflecting pool paint job will be a security issue.
No doubt!
Bristlecone
(11,169 posts)3. I'm sure the guy will include work at Trump properties
As a reciprocal.
relogic
(219 posts)5. Payment is on the way
Since dtrumpt doesnt have to pay for this, (another vanity display of elegance), the contractor is so relieved they will actually see payment for services rendered- they are at the moment painting blue, free of charge all toilets tainted green from the algae of neglected use at the Whitehouse.