I'm sure you've heard the news. I'd expect even FOX NEWS can't ignore it...
Trump's much-ballyhooed "fix" to the "horrific job that was done by Obama" on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is, um, in trouble.
It was originally going to only be a fraction of the costs that it eventually became (and will continue to escalate with ongoing cleaning and corrections), contracts were unreviewed and given out no-bid, materials were not approved by committee, after filling, the water immediately hosted a growing buildup of algae needing manual cleaning and hydrogen peroxide by the unknown gallons and now the paint or sealant or possibly both are peeling. It's an unsightly mess that may well have been better off just left alone, or, at the very least, just simply cleared of debris and pollution (but isn't that done by the Park Service as part of their regular maintenance?).
Reminds me of my own folly with what I called Operation STH.
Almost two years ago exactly, I decided that the heatwave needed to be beat by restoring my hot tub, not by calling a hot tub repair dude, but doing it on-the-cheap all by myself. I'd call this plan Operation STH, STH standing for "Screw This Heat."
You can read all about my endeavors, step-by-step, post-by-post, here:
I had big plans to "Make Jacuzzis Great Again" and put a lot of what I thought was good effort in trying to resurrect the ol' girl. But like Trump, I was arrogant and tried to do it myself, thinking I knew better and didn't need professional help. Well of course my tweaks and fucking around with this complicated equipment which I'm totally untrained to work on only broke it more than it was before I touched it at the start of the so-called "Operation."
And that's Trump's dilemma now. Like me, he ain't even got himself a Hillbilly Coolin' Tub. At least I can keep my folly drained and covered up. Like to see him do that to the Reflecting Pool. Oh shit, knowing him and his tacky tastes, he might try to fill it with a gazillion gallons of Lucite (maybe with a little bit of goldleaf glitter strewn in?) and once it hardens into a clear, fake pool, then he can say "no one's seen such a thing." Oh and he'd be right.