Trump Admin Installs Chain-Link Fencing, Surveillance Cameras at Reflecting Pool

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13. Will he be touting how beautifying the addition of chain link fencing is next?

BTW, records show that U.S. Park Police noted that workers previously discovered cuts in the foam expansion joints, and many observers—along with online speculation—have suggested the damage is from the project contractors rather than malicious third parties.

That someone sliced the coating is absurd.

The only "cuts" are in the foam between the pool's expansion joints.

I have a feeling that it will shortly become crystal clear that the "cuts" in the foam expansion joints happened as part of the "repair" and had absolutely no effect on the foam doing it's job.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/trump-reflecting-pool-green-peeling.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sVA.IMbF.jtaXAsv6vc0K&smid=url-share

But government documents obtained by The New York Times show that while National Park Service workers found two cuts in sections of foam between the pool’s expansion joints, those were not directly related to the “American flag blue” coating that is now peeling, or to the algae that has turned the pool a bright shade of green.

Even as the documents show workers were attempting to address deteriorating conditions, Trump administration officials were insisting publicly that the pool was pristine.

The pool had been drained, resealed and then refilled by June 5. Four days later, Park Service workers discovered holes, cracks and peeling caulking in parts of the pool, along with cuts in sections of the foam, according to the documents.