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Trump's Reflecting Pool sabotage claim falls apart: 'Brain is filled with tapioca'

Trump Painted Over Reality, Then Called It SabotageThe Blame Game Starts at the TopThe source story is simple enough: Trump ordered a costly renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the water turned green, the paint peeled, and he responded by claiming vandalism and a coordinated attack by “radical left lunatics,” with no evidence. The pool was blue because he made it blue. The damage followed his own project.Who Actually Holds PowerThis is not a story about a stray act of vandalism. It is a story about a president with institutional power, access to public money, and the ability…

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