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Fiasco: Trump's contractor confesses to Reflecting Pool train wreck
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The Vandalism Was in the Contract
A Failure Built From the Top
The Reflecting Pool’s new blue liner did not fail because marauding delinquents attacked a national monument. According to the contractor’s own reports, workers applied too little primer in some places, while the government’s repair plan paired incompatible chemicals that caused the liner to blister and detach. The Trump administration rushed the project, bypassed competition, awarded a $14.7 million no-bid contract, and used an untested approach designed partly by the general…
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