Reflecting Pool Debacle Is a Shorthand for Trump's Failing Second Term
Donald Trump Reflecting Pool Debacle Is a Shorthand for Trump's Failing Second Term The president is forcing his biggest supporters to choke down his incompetence and delusions like so much algae. But it's equally true that this fetid little episode, not yet fully resolved, provides a shorthand of everything cloudy and foul-smelling about his so-far terrible second term, especially his unwillingness to own his failures (such as admitting he lost the 2020 election). Trump is now fighting an algae bloom in such a way that he is becoming a laughingstock.
- ▪Donald Trump Reflecting Pool Debacle Is a Shorthand for Trump's Failing Second Term The president is forcing his biggest supporters to choke down his incompetence and delusions like so much algae.
- ▪But it's equally true that this fetid little episode, not yet fully resolved, provides a shorthand of everything cloudy and foul-smelling about his so-far terrible second term, especially his unwillingness to own his failures (such as admit
- ▪Trump is now fighting an algae bloom in such a way that he is becoming a laughingstock.
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Donald Trump Reflecting Pool Debacle Is a Shorthand for Trump's Failing Second Term The president is forcing his biggest supporters to choke down his incompetence and delusions like so much algae. Nick Gillespie | 6.25.2026 5:30 PM Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google Media Contact & Reprint Requests <img src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/c800x450-w800-q80/uploads/2026/06/donald-trump-reflecting-pool-faillure-v2-800x450.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto" width="1200" height="675" title="The Lincoln Reflecting Pool, with Donald Trump's face in the background" alt="The Lincoln Reflecting Pool, with Donald Trump's face in the background | Midjourney " /> (Midjourney ) There's no…
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