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Trump Melts Down And Declares Victory Over Reflecting Pool Algae

Trump has completely failed to defeat Iran, but the president had a meltdown and declared victory over the algae in the White House Reflecting Pool.

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Sarah Jones & Jason Easley
Jun 28, 2026
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Donald Trump has been fighting a war. You might be thinking about the war in the Middle East with Iran, but Trump has long ago given up on ever winning the war that he started with Iran. No matter how many times and ways that Donald Trump tries to surrender, the Iranians refuse to accept his waving of the white flag.

The war that Donald Trump is consumed with is a war with a single-celled organism that has taken up residence in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Trump has been consumed by false claims that vandals put algae in the Reflecting Pool and that vandals took knives and sliced up the pool liner.

The president has been obsessed with counting trees in the park across from the White House, and on Sunday, he had a meltdown and claimed that he had cleaned up the graffiti in Washington, D.C.

Trump posted on Truth Social:

I just returned from a tour of various Statues, Monuments, Fountains and, most importantly, an old and run down Golf Course located throughout Washington, D.C., our Nation’s Capital. Almost all of the Statues, Monuments, and Fountains have been completely renovated and restored, and are in, after suffering years of Graffiti, Abuse, and Vandalism, perfect shape. They are truly beautiful, even nicer than the day they were built.

The Reflecting Pool is now in full use after suffering great damage from Criminal, Radical Left Vandals, people that truly hate our Country. They cut the lower surface of a very expensive and strong waterproof padding, in the color of American Flag Blue, and put their hands underneath the surface, and ripped it. Likewise, they cut and butchered a 350 foot long strip, with many 1 and 2 foot individual cuts, creating great damage to this beautiful piece of art that was, last week, 100% free of leaks, and any of the other problems it has had since its building in 1922.

Trump claimed that the algae was “criminally made:”

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