{"id":2882,"date":"2026-07-05T16:13:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2882"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:13:23","slug":"trump-goon-flips-out-at-reflecting-pool-vandalism-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2882","title":{"rendered":"Trump Goon Flips Out at Reflecting Pool Vandalism Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Interior Secretary Doug Burgum lost his cool when asked about the state of the Reflecting Pool following weeks of sludge, peeling, and dead ducklings.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2880\">Trump\u2019s Fireworks Fiasco Sparks Health Fears Across D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burgum, 69, appeared on <i>State of the Union<\/i> Sunday, and was questioned about the return of algae and imminent repairs despite Trump\u2019s \u201cfantastic\u201d $16 million renovation.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWell, the algae is all gone. I mean, that was a momentary thing. As the\u2014as it was being refilled, there was algae in the pipes,\u201d Burgum argued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Claiming that the Pool\u2019s \u201cnew technology\u201d had made it \u201ccompletely clean and clear,\u201d Burgum said that they\u2019d found an \u201cactual solution\u201d to stop the slime for good.<\/p>\n<p>He then complained: \u201cIt keeps being reported that this was paint. It was not paint! This was an industrial liner that was put into the pool for the very first time. Multiple layers fixing two-and-a-half miles of expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As host Dana Bash asked why the liner had \u201cpeeled\u201d off, Burgum raged: \u201cIt didn\u2019t! It didn\u2018t peel off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The multimillionaire angrily repeated Trump\u2019s favored conspiracy theory that any issues with the pool are the fault of sabotaging radical liberals; not shoddy work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was vandalism. There was boxcutters. There have been seven arrests. There was people literally trying to destroy part of a monument. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Reflecting Pool is not just a pool on the Mall. It is part of the Lincoln Memorial. And if anybody says that they\u2018re going to go and vandalize that, it\u2018s no different than if someone was throwing paint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2878\">Trump Busted Over Declaration of Independence Gaffe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re 100 percent sure that what happened with the liner was vandalism? You can prove it,\u201d Bash asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, yeah. Absolutely. We can. And we\u2014as we drain it and we\u2019ve got all the photographs we can see, I mean, there\u2019s no possible way\u2014\u201d Burgum stated, with the CNN host interrupting to clarify: \u201cPhotographs of a person or people cutting a 300- or 350-foot gash in the bottom of the Reflecting Pool?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burgum immediately dodged the question and became defensive. \u201cDana, I\u2019m not sure why you and others in the media think that you want to keep trying to question whether or not this is an industrial liner,\u201d he spat.<\/p>\n<p>The former North Dakota governor argued that \u201cevery farmer and rancher in America\u201d could vouch for the strength of the lining, which \u201cliterally, literally, it would never just like peel off or fall off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is like a strong material and it\u2018s the size of eight football fields. And the only way you can end up with actual slices in one spot and not the other, is that someone physically cut it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Assuring viewers that the pool\u2014closed on the Fourth of July despite plans to open on that day\u2014was not leaking, Burgum maintained of the swampy memorial: \u201cIt\u2019s finally been fixed by President Trump and the the American flag blue is working perfectly.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAnd again, it\u2019s beyond me. Why? I mean, the real scandal is about the fact that the state of our capital was in such total disrepair that some people\u2014no one was reporting about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2876\">Fox Hosts Try to Snap Trump Out of It in Awkward Live Moment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interior Secretary Doug Burgum lost his cool when asked about the state of the Reflecting Pool following weeks of sludge, peeling, and dead ducklings. Read more Trump\u2019s Fireworks Fiasco Sparks Health Fears Across D.C. 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