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Honestly I think most people are on Team Algae at this point. It is fascinating how badly this all played out and them dumping hundreds of one gallon jugs into a giant pool was the chef's kiss!

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Peroxide is safer for ducks and other wildlife and will break down to water. Logical use of it.

The number of people commenting (and critiquing) about something they know nothing about is kind of mind boggling but not unexpected. After all, we're all experts in everything, right?

EFR said:

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So it isn't green? Have we really reached the "don't believe what you see with your own eyes" level?

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I remember when the left did this with inflation from 2021-2025.

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EFR said:

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The fact that people believe the "residual algae" makes the whole thing even funnier. It is almost as funny as when maga people talk about "talking points".

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Algae doesn't grow that quickly.

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You obviously dont have a pool

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Very true. I don't have a money pit.

Is anyone expert enough about pools here to say with 100% certainty that the pool is going to be better by July 4th? Yes or no?

Call your shot here.

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Very true. I don't have a money pit.

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childless, eh?

Well this will be the failure that brings trump down....lol, it certainly seems like a solvable problem, but governments are not good at solving problems. The national park service has been unable to find a solution since it was built in 1923. If Trump cant fix it he should be impeached...lol

BusterAg said:

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Is anyone expert enough about pools here to say with 100% certainty that the pool is going to be better by July 4th? Yes or no?

Call your shot here.

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Yes.

flown-the-coop said:

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BusterAg said:

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Is anyone expert enough about pools here to say with 100% certainty that the pool is going to be better by July 4th? Yes or no?

Call your shot here.

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Yes.

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Barring further sabotage it will be perfect. Libs and Soros won't quit trying to ruin another good thing.

What will the libs do in a week or two when the water is clear and blue? They'll disappear from this thread and move on to the next pitiful gotcha and fake drama.

All these folks that haven't accomplished anything of note in their lives taking lame shots at a President who has arguably gotten more positive things done in less than two years of his second term than any president since Reagan. They are not serious people.

Certainly there will be dead grass under the UFC arena and some repair work to be done there and on the Ellipse. The rhetoric will be that Trump has done irreparable damage to the White House and National Mall lawns that will never recover from his abuse and the effects of climate change.

Following that, it will be the traffic disruptions, security concerns from such and the ugliness of the F1 course and grandstands.

There will also be fuss about white nationalist in patriotic wear are having a multi week rally celebrating the States and the cultural appropriation of foods and games.

No worries, we got a whole summer of REEEEEE! ahead of us.

The posters on here and in the media b***ing and moaning about this is absolutely insane to watch…I just can't imagine being this up in arms about a reflecting pool.

I want an algae watch camera set up by the NPS, you know people are placing bets on if this is blue by July 4...

Like it was said earlier, the real solution is catfish!

Big Ol American catfish that the a European mind cannot comprehend! The answer is clear!

iceman08 said:

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I want an algae watch camera set up by the NPS, you know people are placing bets on if this is blue by July 4...

Like it was said earlier, the real solution is catfish!

Big Ol American catfish that the a European mind cannot comprehend! The answer is clear!

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https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm

You also need to look into European Wels catfish that can grow to nearly 10ft, weigh 300lbs and eat waterfowl.

By the end of the week the Reflecting Pool Algae will be a protected endangered organism, giving people something else to complain about when it starts to disappear.

Not the Bee writes itself these days for sure.

tk for tu juan said:

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By the end of the week the Reflecting Pool Algae will be a protected endangered organism, giving people something else to complain about when it starts to disappear.

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The dem judges will grant an emergency hearing for the DC historical commission to claim that the algae and stench had historically protected status and squatters rights and forbid Trump from trying to remove it.

BMX Bandit said:

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Very true. I don't have a money pit.

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childless, eh?

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That, too.

Liberals hold pro-algae protest at renovated Reflecting Pool

Algae lives matter!!! Please tell me my lying eyes are decieftul!

There is a pro algae protest of three at the Lincoln Reflecting Pool. We’ve reached peak circus. pic.twitter.com/bmOrqThgm7

— emily miller (@emilymiller) June 17, 2026

But have no fear, the full investigative journalism power of media giant CNN is on the case!

🚨 UPDATE: CNN is being RIPPED for running a full-fledged "independent" investigation into the color of the Reflecting Pool, as if it's a scandal

...CNN is digging deeper into water color than they dug into:
- Hundreds of billions of fraud, a large portion of which is committed… pic.twitter.com/JCmhCZ3F2W

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 17, 2026

Good GRIEF.....

Algae is one of the primary components of pond scum, so it kind of makes sense if you think about it from their perspective.

It's hilarious to me how the left don't understand algae blooms.

Time to drop a ton of copper sulfate in before a tweaked filtration solution can be found.

If it wasn't crime ridden DC they could affix lots of copper to the bottom

“The reflecting pool is open and everyone is having a wonderful time.” pic.twitter.com/GrrZVXboSV

— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) June 18, 2026

This post seems to show pieces of the blue coating have begun to flake off.

June 18: Paint has begun stripping off the Reflecting Poolpic.twitter.com/bmvfNRTRwi https://t.co/XdqCwJZ2rC

— FactPost (@factpostnews) June 18, 2026

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This post seems to show pieces of the blue coating have begun to flake off.

June 18: Paint has begun stripping off the Reflecting Poolpic.twitter.com/bmvfNRTRwi https://t.co/XdqCwJZ2rC

— FactPost (@factpostnews) June 18, 2026

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It isn't paint but facts dont matter.

Regardless, if it hasnt successfully bonded in areas for any reason then it's still an easy fix.

Admit defeat, it is holding water now and looks like it used to... with algae. Not much of a victory cry if you can't see the blue that was so hated by the left.

This is a work of art. It symbolizes that no matter what you do in Washington, the Swamp overtakes it.

This story is so crazy.

Somalis have allegedly stolen $9bil of US govt funds and that story gets less ink. I really think Trump should come out in support of the Somalis....then the media will turn on them like they turn on anything Trump favors. Would be delicious

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This story is so crazy.

Somalis have allegedly stolen $9bil of US govt funds and that story gets less ink. I really think Trump should come out in support of the Somalis....then the media will turn on them like they turn on anything Trump favors. Would be delicious

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This is the story because it distracts from the Somali's and their fraud. It distracts from Gavin and his fraud.

This story is an important reminder to always be aware for what the media is NOT reporting.

good point

Do y'all even listen to yourselves?

The story was posted to show how great Trump is solving every problem with his "Midas" touch.

It was shown that wasn't the case and peoples final reaction is... Democratic somalis?

AggieCVQ said:

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Do y'all even listen to yourselves?

The story was posted to show how great Trump is solving every problem with his "Midas" touch.

It was shown that wasn't the case and peoples final reaction is... Democratic somalis?

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Was this completed in record time when previous dems couldn't even do it with forecast costs and actual costs FAR higher?

Algae bloom occurs in water thats outside (inside too if you have an environment for them). It requires treatment. It is manageable. So chill out libs... you still lost. The objective of restoring it has been accomplished as evidenced by it being full of water

Kenneth_2003 said:

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Liberals hold pro-algae protest at renovated Reflecting Pool

Algae lives matter!!! Please tell me my lying eyes are decieftul!

There is a pro algae protest of three at the Lincoln Reflecting Pool. We’ve reached peak circus. pic.twitter.com/bmOrqThgm7

— emily miller (@emilymiller) June 17, 2026

But have no fear, the full investigative journalism power of media giant CNN is on the case!

🚨 UPDATE: CNN is being RIPPED for running a full-fledged "independent" investigation into the color of the Reflecting Pool, as if it's a scandal

...CNN is digging deeper into water color than they dug into:
- Hundreds of billions of fraud, a large portion of which is committed… pic.twitter.com/JCmhCZ3F2W

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 17, 2026

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These people have a habit of supporting pond scum, so this is not surprising.

On the algae front, you need to hyperchlorinate the pool to kill the algae and then vacuum it out, if this were a normal swimming pool, which it's not because it is 6.7M gallons.

I have no idea how this particular thing functions, but the main thing you need to do to prevent it is circulate the water and maintain a baseline level of chlorine of 2-3ppm.

source: worked at a pool store in high school.

AggieCVQ said:

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Do y'all even listen to yourselves?

The story was posted to show how great Trump is solving every problem with his "Midas" touch.

It was shown that wasn't the case and peoples final reaction is... Democratic somalis?

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Tell me you've never been involved in any construction... Ever
There's a thing called the punch list. It's developed in the weeks and month's following delivery of the final product to the client. After a specified period of time the contractor returns to address those issues.

Do you really think that nobody ever considered that there would be remnant algae in the plumbing?
Do you really think that the expectation was 100% perfect adhesion across the acres of pond surface on material that was applied of the course of weeks across a myriad of weather conditions?

I do listen to myself. Do you think before you fail at making your point?

The reflecting pond has looked like total and complete crap for decades. I've been to DC once in 2011 and it looked like crap then. No one had ever either tried to do anything about it or they failed. I've read that bids and estimates to fix it were in the hundreds of millions. The president's solution is multiples and an order of magnitude cheaper. But you'd rather fixate on the bidding process, the color, and an X post showing a piece of failed liner.

So I'll ask again, why is the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pond more important to the media than Somali fraud, Gavin Newsom's fraud in California, 250,000 working class girls raped and covered up in the UK, a domestic terror plot at the White House, shall I go on?

BadMoonRisin said:

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Kenneth_2003 said:

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Liberals hold pro-algae protest at renovated Reflecting Pool

Algae lives matter!!! Please tell me my lying eyes are decieftul!

There is a pro algae protest of three at the Lincoln Reflecting Pool. We’ve reached peak circus. pic.twitter.com/bmOrqThgm7

— emily miller (@emilymiller) June 17, 2026

But have no fear, the full investigative journalism power of media giant CNN is on the case!

🚨 UPDATE: CNN is being RIPPED for running a full-fledged "independent" investigation into the color of the Reflecting Pool, as if it's a scandal

...CNN is digging deeper into water color than they dug into:
- Hundreds of billions of fraud, a large portion of which is committed… pic.twitter.com/JCmhCZ3F2W

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 17, 2026

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These people have a habit of supporting pond scum, so this is not surprising.

On the algae front, you need to hyperchlorinate the pool to kill the algae and then vacuum it out, if this were a normal swimming pool, which it's not because it is 6.7M gallons.

I have no idea how this particular thing functions, but the main thing you need to do to prevent it is circulate the water and maintain a baseline level of chlorine of 2-3ppm.

source: worked at a pool store in high school.

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And that's the problem, to my understanding. As it is set up currently, the circulation isn't enough to prevent the algae. It's an easy fix but not on this scale and setup. Libs are screaming from the roof tops as if theyve won. Silly leftists. The same problem was there before and the difference now is that you can see it again since the reflecting pool is retaining water haha

"Hee hee libs, we spent half as much and went twice as fast to have more algae than ever."

... OK....

This didn't have to be done ...