{"id":2020,"date":"2026-06-23T04:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2026-06-23T04:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:41:27","slug":"trump-mocked-for-claiming-vandals-broke-his-knife-proof-slime-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2020","title":{"rendered":"Trump Mocked for Claiming Vandals Broke His Knife-Proof Slime Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Donald Trump has been mocked using his own prophetic words after he claimed his algae-riddled Reflecting Pool had been vandalized with a knife.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2018\">Raging Trump, 80, Threatens to Sue in Green Slime Meltdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The president, 80, told reporters on Monday there was a \u201c290, maybe 300-foot slit\u201d through the lining at the bottom of the pool, within minutes super-sizing it to a \u201c350-foot\u201d slit. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trump said he believed a \u201cbox cutter or a knife of some kind\u201d was used to make the incision, then said, \u201cWho would think that somebody would go into a pool and take a knife and start cutting it?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey cut it, they cut it very violently,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>However, just 48 days ago, on May 4, during a small business summit at the White House, Trump bragged about how resilient the pool lining he had selected was. He also raised the idea of it being slashed, but insisted it could not be cut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll never have a leak, it\u2019s very strong,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t, if you had a knife\u2014I don\u2019t want to give anybody ideas\u2014if you had a knife, you can\u2019t even cut it. So strong, so powerful. It\u2019s like powerful rubber. It is beautiful. Sealed. Like a piece of glass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats were quick to remind the public about Trump\u2019s May comments on Monday. The Republicans Against Trump X account also shared the Bulwark\u2019s reporting on Trump\u2019s conflicting words.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<p>During the press conference, Trump was also cornered on the slit in the lining, claiming that five people had been arrested for alleged tampering so far. Speaking on Fox News on Monday night, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed six arrests. \u201cThe vandalism is very real,\u201d she said, calling them \u201cderanged individuals\u201d and claiming they were \u201clongtime donors\u201d to the Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>Leavitt also claimed that Trump \u201cis not going to stop with this effort. They\u2019re not only holding those people accountable, but they\u2019re going to fix the pool and continue to make it beautiful after this despicable vandalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast\u2019s Farrah Tomazin walked past the pool on Monday, and reported that no massive gash was visible. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have a 350-foot slit&#8230;from one end to another, you think that\u2019s proof?\u201d Trump said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll you have to do is see the Parks Department; they\u2019ll show it to you. See, ugh, the Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s mangled attempt at renovating the Reflecting Pool has been a disaster, with the no-bid contract awarded to a Virginia-based company who previously worked on a pool at one of the president\u2019s golf clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2016\">Father of Two Identified as Victim of Tragic MSG Fall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The president wanted the pool to have an \u201cAmerican Flag Blue\u201d-tinted coating. However algae turned the water Kermit-green, and the coating began to peel and float.<\/p>\n<p>Workers were seen tipping chemicals into the pool, and the project now has a waterfowl bodycount, with a dead duckling spotted floating in the putrid green water on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>Two other dead ducks, one adult and one juvenile, were also found on Sunday at a pond on the Constitution Gardens on the National Mall, around 250 feet from Trump\u2019s pool.<\/p>\n<p>Animal rescue group City Wildlife told the Washington Post that ducks frequently go between the water in the Reflecting Pool and the Constitution Gardens, and also warned that chemicals in the paint could harm wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey could have had exposure to the Reflecting Pool,\u201d the group\u2019s president April Linton said. \u201cIt could be something related to peeling paint or algae.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump initially budgeted the renovation at under $2 million, with costs now upwards of $16 million. The area is now being patrolled by the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Monday, Trump shifted the blame to former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, claiming they \u201ctogether spent $147 million\u201d trying to fix the pool, before down-sizing his own costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent about six, seven weeks, and I spent&#8230; probably about $10 million. Around $10 million. They say 16, but a lot of those workers work for the same thing,\u201c Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent two months, maybe? Less? And I have a better product. Now I can\u2019t help if somebody goes in with a knife and starts hacking it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, on Truth Social hours later, Trump changed his figure.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI spent approximately 16 Million Dollars, and it came out great, except for the Vandalism, which we are now fixing. It was also a much bigger job than originally envisioned, including the outer areas and sidewalks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2014\">Confused Trump, 80, Asks Professor \u2018Did You Know My Uncle?\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has been mocked using his own prophetic words after he claimed his algae-riddled Reflecting Pool had been vandalized with a knife. Read more Raging Trump, 80, Threatens to Sue in Green Slime Meltdown The president, 80, told reporters on Monday there was a \u201c290, maybe 300-foot slit\u201d through the lining at the bottom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Mocked for Claiming Vandals Broke His Knife-Proof Slime Pool - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Mocked for Claiming Vandals Broke His Knife-Proof Slime Pool - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Donald Trump has been mocked using his own prophetic words after he claimed his algae-riddled Reflecting Pool had been vandalized with a knife. 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