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Reflecting Pool to Sex With the Grinch: \u201cGreen, Smelly\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tJohn Oliver likened the current condition of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. to \u201csex with the Grinch\u201d on Sunday\u2019s <em>Last Week Tonight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2682\">Bill Maher Defies White House Pushback to Claim Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cAnother of Trump\u2018s pet projects continues to unravel,\u201d the host said of the pool\u2019s $15 million renovation, which hasn\u2019t gone as planned. The upgrades included fixing leaks, adding a blue lining and installing something called \u201cnanobubblers\u201d that were aimed at preventing algae. However, the pool has recently been affected by peeling paint and a resurface in algae.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Sunday, Trump blamed vandals for the issues. \u201cThe Reflecting Pool is now in full use after suffering great damage from Criminal, Radical Left Vandals, people that truly hate our Country,\u201d he posted on Truth Social. \u201cThey cut the lower surface of a very expensive and strong waterproof padding, in the color of American Flag Blue, and put their hands underneath the surface, and ripped it. Likewise, they cut and butchered a 350 foot long strip, with many 1 and 2 foot individual cuts, creating great damage to this beautiful piece of art that was, last week, 100% free of leaks, and any of the other problems it has had since its building in 1922. It never worked properly until last week and, right after July 4th, when we will drain the water to treat the damage caused by these \u2018animals,\u2019 it will again be in perfect shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn his HBO show, Oliver showed a clip from NBC\u2019s <em>Today<\/em> where a reporter asked a woman about the condition of the pool. \u201cThere\u2019s lots of green, and it smells really bad,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tQuipped Oliver: \u201cIt\u2019s never a great sign when the feedback for your national monument sounds exactly like a review for sex with the Grinch: green, smelly, good communicator though \u2014 three stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDespite not having proof, Trump has repeatedly claimed that vandals are to blame for the algae as well as the long cut in the liner. \u201cTrump kept pushing the sabotage conspiracy, and his supporters kept trying to sell it even when the evidence was just laughably weak,\u201d Oliver added, showing a clip of Fox News Channel\u2019s Jesse Watters broadcasting a blurry video of what he claimed could be two people sabotaging the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2680\">John Oliver Lands His Dream Role \u2014 on \u2018General Hospital\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWhat are they doing with their hands in the pool?\u201d Watters asked. \u201cAre they cutting the lining? Are they peeling off the paint? And we don\u2019t know if they\u2019re committing a crime. They\u2019ll probably tell you they dropped their wedding ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tResponded Oliver: \u201cIs that the best you\u2019ve got? That is pathetic. As for \u2018they\u2019ll probably tell you they dropped their wedding ring,\u2019 yeah, maybe they did. Maybe those people at the reflecting pool dropped their wedding ring after leaving their wife for a 25-year-old co-worker. Jesse would know what that is like.\u201d That last bit, of course, was a reference to a then-married Watters\u2019 affair with a 25-year-old producer of his show, leading to his wife filing for divorce in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s actually one of the many fun facts that you can learn about on his Wikipedia page, along with in November 2024, Waters stated he had not been invited to his mother\u2019s home for Thanksgiving,\u201d Oliver continued. \u201cI do not blame his mum for that. She\u2019s a child psychologist and she tried her best; sometimes you just get one that sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCurrently, the reflecting pool is surrounded by a chain-link fence erected by the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIn fact, when you Google it now, you\u2019ll find this label saying it is \u2018temporarily closed,&#8217;\u201d Oliver noted. \u201cLike it\u2019s a Chipotle that the health department shut down after finding a dead mouse in the guac.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2678\">\u2018Love Island USA\u2019 Bombshell Alannah Keyser Speaks Out After Casa Amor Removal: \u201cIt Really Broke My Heart\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Oliver likened the current condition of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[120,121,2081,123,124,125,116,126],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-donald-trump","tag-hbo","tag-john-oliiver","tag-last-week-tonight","tag-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver","tag-politics","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Oliver Likens the Current Condition of D.C. 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