Donald Trump positioned himself as a swimming pool expert as he touted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations he ordered this year, having put in “more than 100” over his career.

But after spending $14 million in taxpayer funds, the Reflecting Pool now looks arguably worse than it did before.

Aside from the bright green hue of the water — the product of what is reportedly one of the largest algae blooms in recent years — the “industrial-grade swimming pool topping” that Trump chose is already peeling off in sheets.

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    I heard a theory that Trump literally just doesn’t know what a reflecting pool is. He thinks all pools are swimming pools, so he’s turning it into a swimming pool. I have no proof for this but like… it fits.

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      Well, he did bleat out that stupid AI image of him, some of his staff, and some woman, swimming in it as if it was a pool.

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      Trump literally just doesn’t know what a reflecting pool is.

      He KNOWS it’s taller than a skyscraper if you stand it on end.

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      I mean… I’m pretty sure Trump was always a dumb fucker, but these day’s he’s probably so heavily dosed with shit he’s got a longer drug test report than Musk and Kash combined.