Workers pour hydrogen peroxide into Lincoln Reflecting Pool to kill algae

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)314

Ok, that's actually beautiful. In a Rothko sort of way.

Tony Alfieri290

I love the composition with the dark green painted lawn concealing the 86 47!

The Beethoven Group137

They don't realize the dead algae will create nutrients for the super bloom they are creating

I had too much to dream last night87

Meanwhile, the other bodies of water reflecting the sky are actually blue 🙃

uniongal.bsky.social83

Omg, that is hilarious. It’s the absolute chefs kiss of a metaphor for this presidency. An over priced, poorly planned boondoggle that is done half asses at twice the cost and achieves nothing intended and remediation only works to manage less than 5%. The blue perimeter presidency.

Mickey Hines71

Mark Rothko (25th September 1903–25th February 1970)

Jimmy “Space for Rent”55

They can dump hydrogen peroxide til the cows come home and it’s not going to do shit. I have no doubt however, that it’s going to do a number on that shitty blue paint.

MB Brown49

Has any of that hydrogen peroxide been “liberated” to redo the 86 47 on the lawn nearby? If you saw this, oh, no you didn’t!

whateversclever.bsky.social46

Trump needs to have RFK Jr. swim around in the Reflecting Pool to mix in the hydrogen peroxide.

Red Star Vegeta42

Do they insist on hiring ONLY the dumbest motherfuckers to walk the earth to address this problem?

🌿mintyclaire37

I hope we invoice Trump for the stinking mess he has created in Washington DC. Will he be liable for the 3/4 billion he owes New York when he leaves office? Let’s at least make him pay for all the damage he has done to our Capitol.

spotted-coach7.bsky.social32

Did you see the little jugs of bleach they were using? do they forget Trump’s charts that it’s bigger than the Empire State Building?

peterpesce.bsky.social28

I see an opportunity to 8647 the pool with some selective algaecide bombs!

Spocko27

This is like that Ricky & Morty episode from 2 weeks ago. They are trying to fix the pool by themself because they don't want to hire a pool guy who knows what he is doing. "Treat Jerry [Trump] like a baby so he can feel like a man" #ReflectingPool @gottalaff.bsky.social @thefarce.org

edolis 🇪🇺🇮🇹24

so they did actually went in dropping jugs of peroxide from the border without even caring placing mixing pumps. "the boss said so" - reminds me of the US military marching at the military parade. sad tank squeaking noises in the background.

Sade McMurrin 🏳️‍🌈24

I don't understand how what's been done to the reflecting pool is not a federal crime. The Trump administration literally vandalized a national memorial.

Sherry23

The AI description of the photo from the Reflecting Pool describes it as ****Ducks ******Swimming ********In Sewage He said it would cost $1.5M It has cost $15.9M - so far

ROUSes? I don't think they exist22

Mike Royko would have loved writing about the corruption, cronyism, graft, and nepotism.

Sandy in the Pacific NW20

Inject bleach. One of his golden oldies.

doodpatrol.bsky.social20

If they were smart they would've gone with grapefruit seed extract. That's what they actually use to reduce algae in reservoirs.

Dave Ferguson18

Reflecting pool: Everything Trump Touches Dyes.

jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous18

And that blue? It's not paint it's dead algae. If you've ever smelled dead algae you know what I'm talking about🤮 My algae's named Dickinson😎

Paul, on the Outer Banks17

$31.50 on Etsy. Cheaper than $14M.

Rosebudflorida 🇺🇦16

I used to have a pool. If they can’t get the green algae under control, there will be black algae. 😟😡

mrxexon16

All that death is going to have a smell...

We all Belong!15

I bet they used AI to come up with the bleach idea.

PetuniaWolf15

And it's going to kill the birds, bunch of freaking idiots

themikerobbins.bsky.social15

It would be hilarious if our tax dollars weren’t paying for it

Agnes of Caerbanogg 🐇🐹🦜🐈‍⬛14

Everything that motherfucker touches he destroys.

Captanne13

Super. Now they are going to fuck with the wildlife. Damn them. @dccitywildlife.bsky.social

rozinwonderland.bsky.social11

Trump literally brings the swamp to DC.

rrodgers.bsky.social11

They'll just fill it with clear epoxy resin next.

Janis💙🦋🇺🇦🇵🇹🇨🇦11

Does Donald hire anybody but amateurs??? smh

cjwl11

Ah, the foreclosed house backyard pool look is on brand.

247mruzik.bsky.social10

I’m waiting for the Mondrian version.

VeganGTA10

Ya but did you see the Dow? Lol

manda37.bsky.social10

This is what happens when you don't understand or believe in SCIENCE!

Rya9

Looks like a mood ring from Claire’s

Jason Dyer9

Americans really are living in the dumbest of times.

majorityunsilenced.bsky.social9

Betcha bottom dollar they're struggling to hold RFKjr back from swimming in it.

HildaBewildered8

Trump Swamp. Has a certain ring to it. #TrumpSwamp

Paul Rabin7

He married my father's second cousin.

@ShowMe1017

It also won’t last or work in the long term. He should have done the job correctly the first time not we’ll be spending millions and millions of dollars again. SMH

A.C.C.E.N7

. . . How does a pool refinishing company not know about chlorine tablets?

drsmutt.bsky.social7

I love this for them... #FAFO

Klara and the Sunrise7

It’s so hilariously and depressingly stupid

Jai Yenyen7

Have they tried raking up the algae?

Eh-I7

The algae acts almost as if it was alive. 🤔

Nope6

Rothko would have bitched that it was upside down 😁 He would have still been correct that it was done incorrectly though

Joe6

Perhaps a nod to Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, Blue in Green), born 1926. Happy 100th.

Matt Streckfuss6

It’s funny how the Party that has rejected science is lost on how to tend a reflective pool

… (M) …6

My God…these people are dumber than door knobs.

Miles O'Briens Ghost6

If only there were some sort of experts to talk to about this

mariafartaroma.bsky.social5

It's okay, because hydrogen peroxide lasts forever, so they won't have to institute this shit solution every week.

ElizaHG5

This trump swamp just won't drain.

grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social5

If only ... science scitechdaily.com/how-an-algae...

Phinneas Coathanger5

I need your thoughts on Joe Rogan’s suit and tie at the White House shit show.

mrtoads.bsky.social5

I wouldn’t expect that to have any significant effect, though. It’s a strong reactant, but very unstable, and breaks down to water very quickly. The pool should be nice and murky green again in a couple days. Everything he touches turns to shit.

Heidi Finan5

That’s some highbrow shade and I’m here for it.

2asnme.bsky.social5

Can the WH reporters at least ask him about his algae bloom every single day please on camera?

Davin - great hang5

Is there anything Trump can't fuck up

Kim Eckert5

One of these is a reflecting pool fixed by Donald Trump.

Cheryl McNeilly5

any teenaged lifeguard could have told them that dumping a big bottle of ANYTHING into a large pool will never help, and will usually make the problem worse

Pablo 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇸5

Fun fact: Hydrogen peroxide is an effective way of getting yellow sweat steins out of clothing. 😅

Mark5

Everyone: ETTD. Algae: Oh yeah? Watch this.

Old Toast5

I don't know what's worse the algae or the painted grass.

Patrick W5

It has become a perfect reflection of this administration

Froggie18735

Call 'em Greg Maddux the way they only painted the corners.

Dave King5

How does man who ascended to the presidency mistake the reflecting pool for a swimming pool?

RadiantHostility (he/him)4

I do not know what is going on but today is the dumbest day in American political history, to be dxceeded only by every subsequent day.

michbe7777.bsky.social4

Stupid motherfucker, just leave things the way you found them and go!

Ulises Rodriguez4

yeah you need a shit load of h2o2

jackson henry4

and then it dissipates, but the carcasses of the decimated wildlife remain what a fucking debacle

Stephen Moran4

The other bodies of water nearby are blue - reflecting the sky. They've got a man with the mental age of a six-year-old as president. And we're seeing the results every day.

So maybe just grow blue algae~~

PanPizza4

I chuckled for many seconds

Mandy4

All he has to do is order the National Guard to kneel there with electric mixers.

Qwark3

All they need is a giant whisk

David Schwartz3

How is it the Air Force didn't take down that drone?

Twirled Peas3

This would be genuinely hilarious if it weren't so painfully stupid

WE CANNOT BUILD BANANAS IN AMERICA3

It’s the new US flag.

བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཟླ་བ་ TrashiDawa3

What's with these guys and bleach!?

Green Hombre3

It's hopeless. We should just fill it in with grass and make that our national concert/protest space. It already means that to most Americans.

Dave Wakeman3

These clowns are amazing. The Keystone Cops have new competition.

Tim Feinstein3

Sooner or later their AI chatbot will suggest dioxin

David Lee3

Next they'll hire some dudes to zip up and down the reflecting pool on jet skis to mix the peroxide in. Maybe they'll have races and Trump will put up stands and charge admission.

Dutchie3

Is “US Flag Blue” colourfast? Bleach historically doesn’t play well with dyes.

Dan Guachione3

Somebody tell them to call the folks in Albany, who totally nailed it with their reflecting pool…

WhiteUnderbabiedAmericanCat3

Two-tone. Like a ‘50s coupe.

Blame MacBif3

"And I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning." - DJT

Brent Lockman2

so for the 40k folk... Trump is papa nurgle?

Roams The Dunes2

algae = the void, well done

Nat Lyon2

Maybe Pete Hegseth could drop a hydrogen peroxide bomb in it?

Pablo Naruto2

The man LOVED rectangles of color that reflected America

grammymae.bsky.social2

AS SCIENTISTS JUST GIGGLE AWAY SINCE THEY ALL GOT FIRED! THEY KNOW WAHT TO DO.

Moi c’est Glenn2

It will be all green within 48 hours. The good news is that they won’t have to dye it for St. Patricks day.

Squeegy Beckinheim🇨🇦2

I don’t know anything about special reflecting pool algae but our local lake gets algae every year and MUCH bigger efforts to eliminate it, year after year, have failed catastrophically. And that algae can be poisonous to pets and wild life.

Gkelley6212

Can't we just get AI to fix that issue?

John S2

It's turning green with envy? Try ferric oxide. It will turn the pond black. It's the stuff they add to canned black olives.

This grandma worries about you2

I'm no expert, but doesn't dark colored surfaces cause more growth?

Deborah Kay Kelly2

Oh my. Take that, Tom Wolff

Abeja Melifera2

This got a big chuckle from our Rothko-loving fam

aboutosleep.bsky.social2

If it's bothering them so much I think they need to build a massive filtration system. 🤷‍♂️ I just assumed they didn't want that & cleaned it whenever it was dirty.

Jerome2

And fake blonde in places?

A Somm Called SURGE2

Sorry. You know I gotta tag you. @johnnylandmine.bsky.social

Toxteth O'Grady2

Rothko would have loved it if the pool turned black. And doesn't that hydrogen peroxide endanger the ducks?

balancethebiome.bsky.social2

Im voting for anyone who promises to rename it the Donald Trump and Jesus Crucified by the Unholy Roman Empire of waring and whoreing Memorial Swamp for Hustlers.

WE CANNOT BUILD BANANAS IN AMERICA2

I’ll bet it smells like Trump too. Bleached decay. No wonder people steer clear of him at international events.

fotos la sirena2

#NotRothko I’m laughing so much, this is great!!!

kmurphy63.bsky.social2

Remember this disaster is created by the fool who suggested injecting bleach into veins to stop covid. Too bad he didn’t take his own advice.

falseidol77.bsky.social2

The peroxide won’t even work for 24 hours.

scienceplease.bsky.social2

There's some mighty stupid people there. Or...part of the plan to spend even . more tax payer money.

Some Random Dave2

Someone worked the numbers. For the consumer-grade stuff they were pouring in, they'd need something like 5000 gallons to render it swimming-pool clear.

MAGEBAD2

Why is Washington Monument's pool so dirty?

Jeremy Krantz14

Just paint the algae blue, boom, problem solved

Linda James10

But it reserves the right to shut down the reflection at any time. Oh, and there will be fees.

Bedigger6

But the algae gets to keep its uranium stockpile.

almagestsf.bsky.social5

Keyword, "consider". Call me cynical, but I don't think that algae is going anywhere.

dcamdupe.bsky.social4

Will it be fixed in 2 weeks?

Fvlib4

The algae left money on the table...

Geoffrey L3

Algae will take that money, spend it on nitrogen to go with the phosphoric-rich DC swamp water, and grow back even stronger.

💙honey breeze💙3

I heard it was an MOU and that negotiations will begin in a week?

Caga Tio3

also, there will now be a toll of $5/sec to reflect

twexit53.bsky.social3

AI is developing a new "algae-rithm" to rid the pool of this blight.

DustBunny44 - where abusive criminals run the government3

Hey, it’s not HIS money.

Seth Kahn (he/him)3

Because that's more than Soros is paying it.

gopcrazies.bsky.social2

isn't it two weeks away from having a nuclear bomb? we have no idea what is going on down there as there is no transparency

experimental22.bsky.social2

And it wants a $1 million fee for everyone who passes by.

Hammerhead Snark2

But the algae refuses to be bribed.

Keith Mullen2

The algae couldn't resist all that green money.

dub2732

Send in JD. He's good at making things die.

billyrockman.bsky.social2

Jared Kushner owns the algae then. See how easy this figures?

wioozyi2

single cell algae enters the game with nuclear weapon capabilities in the year 2026 and claims a small enclave of DC

Jay Lionel85

It looks like the job was done cheaply, but charged very highly. A kickback here, no tender contract there. And ONCE AGAIN the US taxpayers have been fleeced.

Dave N.46

They’re dumping gallon jugs of hydrogen peroxide. Someone figure out it would require 8000 liters. They’re about 2000 jugs short

recoveringxer.bsky.social24

"Quick and dirty" is how Trump approaches renovations and war. He tried to improve on the JCPOA with what he thought would be quick military action and made it worse. His mistakes cost lives and $$$.

detoxthegop.bsky.social19

This may improve the algae situation, but only short term. Hydrogen Peroxide H2O2 will decompose and when it does, the algae will come back two fold. This is what the incompetent does .. makes things worse.

unitystudios.bsky.social19

How will this affect the wildlife? Just yesterday saw a bunch of ducklings swimming there.

BornToBark17

If they want it to look like a swimming pool, they’re going to have to manage it like a swimming pool. And that’s a lot of work. It might help to continuously circulate Potomac water in and out to the river so the algae doesn’t just sit there and thrive - but it would take a lot of circulation.

✨️April vs The Empire✨️16

Like we always say, everything Trump touches gets destroyed 😒🤷🏻‍♀️

Bailey G. Albreit14

This is what happens when everyone in your government is not just a science-denier but actively hostile to any scientific information.

mikeywohl.bsky.social14

What a metaphor! The Trump administration ignored the science (you don't paint swimming pools blue for a good reason), went ahead, fucked it up and are now trying to rectify the situation by making the whole pool toxic.

Christian Petersen12

I still think the algae would make a better president than Trump, though.

Harry Tuttle10

it needs Brawndo with electrolytes youtu.be/kAqIJZeeXEc?...

apple431.bsky.social10

Just keeps adding to the cost of painting the pool dark blue for the President. He wastes money faster than anyone I’ve seen. The only problem is that it’s my tax dollars. I could really use the money for food and healthcare housing

Alyson Wonderland9

Why hydrogen peroxide? Next week bleach ?

🕊️ ✨ MomsRobin 🧬 🐾 🏈 ⚾️ 🔵 🇺🇸 🇺🇦🇬🇱9

By July 4th there will be dead birds in the area. Stable genius strikes again. 🤬

D Wolf8

I envision sick and dead ducks being fished out of the reflecting pool next. #Idiocracy #WasteFraudAbuse

Pa.gal7

It was light colored for a reason. This stupidity it burns. 🤬

dabxdee.bsky.social7

Your tax dollars hard at work... just not for you

Diversity Triceratops7

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a spider, That wriggled and wiggled and tiggled inside her; She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

SaltyAF7

It just keeps getting worse, or funnier. I'm not sure which.

Gold Country Rich7

The "repairs & refurbishing" did NOT include replacing the leaking filtration system pipes nor fix the outdate water filtration plant itself. Instead, PsychoPrez had some goons slap deep blue "pool liner polymer sealant" on the bottom to "beautify" the reflecting pool. M O R O N S

Nature, Preserved6

Little doubt that the bill to US taxpayers for 100 gallons of peroxide will run around $30 million 🙄

Mike S6

The peroxide will do a number on some of the cement and grout, and will also be toxic to birds. Can we please bring back the smart people, please!

𝐩u𝐫e i𝐦b𝐞c𝐢l𝐞5

Watch hydrogen peroxide strip away the blue paint that cost the taxpayers $14M.

rawdawg67.bsky.social5

What’s next Clorox or Ivermectin?

Diane5

What a shock the fraud in the WH hired another fraud to waste taxpayer dollars. Proof is in the algae!

Handsome Gollum5

This is when grandpa went to his garage and came out with a shady looking, unlabeled bottle which “definitely kills the weed”.

carpenter22.bsky.social4

Did they bother asking anyone who was an expert in maintaining this kind of water before they began pouring the bleach or the hydrogen peroxide into it?

@janettes-999.bsky.social4

They were too stupid to install a pool filter. What a mess! “Birds can safely drink water treated with hydrogen peroxide, but only if it is heavily diluted to low concentrations (usually between 10 to 30 ppm). High concentrations will burn a bird's digestive tract and can be fatal.”

jcs77.bsky.social4

Need to take large pic to hold up when trump returns from G7 trip. Make sure he sees it & the World sees it. Lots of pics of renovation w/blue paint shown. This needs handled in the same manner. He needs to be humiliated.

Amy Oddo✌🏻💙☀️4

#ETTD Everything Trump Touches Dies or ends up gangrene 🤢

grammyk14.bsky.social4

I've had a pool for 30 years and I've never heard of using hydrogen peroxide for an algae problem

Shellie4

I think penicillin might cure that STD

zensenjutsu.bsky.social4

Stupid, wasteful, destructive. The felon ruins everything.

Middlerage4

Looks like Trump & Co. jizzed all over it. Which unfortunately tracks. 😮‍💨

Peter Nincompoop4

Has anyone tried lighting it on fire?

HR Christian3

What about the birds attracted to the water? Oh wait. Hydrogen peroxide stinks and foams. I hope that's enough to keep them away until the water is safe

Not A Crook3

Working against their efforts to kill off the algae: Solar load - Breaks down the disinfect and enables photosynthesis Stagnation - Without mixing, the disinfectant is exhausted where it is added Scale - The pond is huge and will require more than a token effort with a few bottles of algaecide

jsb3.bsky.social3

Can we sue him for ruining the pool now?? Add to that list of all that he has destroyed

ThatGirlThatLivesThere3

I'm sure that's just great for the surrounding wildlife. 🤦‍♂️

R.A.Smith3

And now they will probably kill a zillion birds because this administration is FUCKING STUPID.

Is that water going to be treated before it's disposed of? Since they are adding the hydrogen peroxide. @dcmayor.mirrors.bot

KurtRexCooper3

I know a pool guy who can clean that mess right up in a couple days. 😂

Jane3

The science in these replies is making me reach for the smelling salts and chaise longue 🪭🪭🪭

steve3797.bsky.social3

... The magat cult are claiming it was done on purpose by Dems to make the Child Rapist diaperdon look bad ..

Maple🍁Mamma2 8️⃣6️⃣4️⃣7️⃣3

The pool will turn blue, then all the birds with die and the pool will turn green and brown again. Great $14M investment 🤦‍♀️

Luckiiyu🍀🍀🍀3

Which will cause the paint to erode and peel. 😏

Bernie Twomey3

Everything Trump touches turns into a disaster.

Brother Hiram3

Now it will be filled with dead birds AND alge.

barrischiff.bsky.social2

And how much additional no-bid cost was that? They need to drain it and leave it draining. The American taxpayer has had it with Trump using the US treasury as his own money. Besides whatever affect improper painting did, it seems like it doesn't have enough circulation pumps.

sam1am4bg.bsky.social2

Should be using bleach, faster & more effective. Prevents re-growth.

PJ Irwin2

So now it’s just a toxic waste site.

AyJay2

Time to drain the swamp!

But he won by a MASSIVE LANDSLIDE with *checks notes* 49.7% of the popular vote!

John Mohr2

Guys in the NPS: HyProx is a temporary expedient. It may lessen algae for a week or two, but the underlying chemistry still exists.

Ohhhjeff! 🌈 💙2

This is what happens when you have an overbearing gassbag like Trump screaming at the experts “I KNOW MORE ABOUT CONTROLLING ALGAE IN POOLS THAN ANYONE.”

scienceintheend.bsky.social2

Hydrogen peroxide breaks down into oxygen and water, so it’s a safe treatment… BUT - even if you completely treat the 6.7 MILLION gallons in the pool (unlikely) it’s temporary at best. It’s stagnant water. The algae will be back.

LurchAddams👊🇺🇸🔥2

I thought he said he was going to drain the swamp, not create the swamp?

Rabid Cormorant2

Bet that smells tip top

ballerina X169

That will bleach the paint LOL

John147

as all good fish owners know, you have to find the source of the algae, this just breaks down the cell walls and masks it. It'll come right on back! lolll

artwells140

I'm surprised that they aren't using Brawndo

Dale Waffle104

Those two bottles should do it.

gwpda.bsky.social85

5,000-10,000 gallon bottles required to shock the pool. No follow-on. No filtration. Refilled from the Tidal Basin. Absolutely bloody pointless - just throw money into the pool - or better, copper pennies. That'll at least have an effect.

Derridon't76

It is really staggering how top-to-bottom the incompetence is. Trump is even a real estate pervert as his only actual trade! Paying other people to do landscaping projects is the closest he's ever gotten to an actual job in his entire life, and he's somehow even more terrible at that

InvestigationCone45

Beginning to think they literally did hire the Brazil 2016 Olympic pool chemists. At least one news article from the time indicates that the addition of hydrogen peroxide is exactly what caused the algae spike.

Jean Josey33

This admin creating an actual, physical, completely unnecessary $9M swamp that they’ll then have to physically drain is too on the nose.

Alf Hog Imminent26

This is actually a good long term solution as long as it doesn't degrade into water and oxygen

Arizona Birder24

Reflecting pool workers, you're going to have to drain that sucker, and resurface it with a light color. It's called science. Signed, a former Scottsdale pool owner who NEVER had an issue with algae

Jay Hightman21

For an initial shock, use about 1 gallon of 30% hydrogen peroxide per 10,000 gallons of water. This will give a concentration of 50 to 90 ppm. The Reflecting Pool, holds approximately 6.5 million to 6.75 million gallons of water. On the low end one would need 650 gallons of 30% hydrogen peroxide.

nda🔞21

This story just keeps getting better lmao

Jason E. Dunlap, Valeyard21

And it's no where near enough bsky.app/profile/rede...

Nancy Cooper Frank19

Everything he touches turns to shit

Tipsy16

They are going to need lots of hydrogen peroxide to make a dent in this algae bloom. More, like lots more.

JiSe16

They will probably cause an environmental crisis at some point as the people reporting to Trump get more and more desperate about the situation. If someone wants to have some fun, doing some gen AI injections into reddit about funny ways to get rid of algae might produce some good theater.

Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈15

We are being governed by absolute idiots.

pannonica14

This will stand as an excellent shorthand metaphor for the baseline stupidity of this presidency, and its ability to create problems that it repeatedly fails to solve in increasingly expensive ways

Covered in rat blood🏳️‍⚧️🐀14

I hope this escalates to trump personally doing a bunch of wile e coyote shit to the pool, it would make for fantastic tv

Charley Hasted13

Why does this feel like the start of this sequence of events but water based... Terry Pratchett coming up with a quote for every occasion as usual!

Kevin is not doing any more work13

This will have an immediate effect on the algae immediately surrounding where it’s poured. Once the H2O2 has been used up the not-so-near algae will grow right in to the void and you will have gained a mountain of empty plastic jugs.

Morvern12

"Y'all, not to be a huge nerd but for the reflecting pool you would need a minimum of about 8,000 liters of 12% hydrogen peroxide to reach the 50 parts per million concentration to kill algae," Dr. Michael O'Brien, "Is this what happens when you have 0 scientists in your administration?"

Crip Dyke10

Dudes, the water comes directly from the Potomac. If you don't kill all the algae in the Potomac, it will just keep coming back. Let's set up a system where we replace the river with free-flowing lye and that should handle things just fine.

jesse7

Word is that, given the volume of the reflecting pool, it would require 8,000 liters of 12% hydrogen peroxide to bring the concentration to the level that kills algae. they're using individual bottles, as if they drove around and bought out the local Costcos. It's almost laughable.

PuckBuddys [Craig Brownstein]6

I just returned from there. National Park Service guy told me the contractors were paid in advance and have already left town.

Mastiff Mom5

That can't be good for the ducks.

Pup Fiction5

It’s now truly a Reflecting Pool because if the Trump regime looks into it all they see is scum

Mike Rogers5

"It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear."

Coffee4

1. I doubt this was approved again. 2. These motherfuckers are so stupid

Frances Larina4

They're going to need to dump around 400 more gallons of that 6% H2O2 into that 5 million gallon pool. What'd he do, hire a swimming pool company that can't do math?

Andrea S4

He’s been ‘dying’ to use bleach since COVID and now’s his chance!

Kasper114

The amazing thing about this whole cult around Trump is that he is so objectively incompetent at anything but stealing money.

Garrett Bliss 🇺🇦4

What will this do to birds? Or any other wildlife or pet life ?

Denise Dewald, MD4

It’s like injecting bleach to stop Covid

Rocket Girl Erin 👩🏼‍🚀🚀🔆🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈3

😂😂😂 They're gonna need more than 1 gallon jugs

Angele3

What will they say when dead birds are found in the pool & surrounding area? They don’t really care.

Renezuo3

Bro, just get in there and scoop it out.

Jim (Domestic Terroirist) Meyer3

So... we're going to have blonde ducks?

Creator of Hambee3

dc getting “beautified” like a flip house

Mack Steele3

This, like all Republican efforts is doomed to fail Too stupid to know they are stupid

Greeneyedlady3

That will kill the ducks and other wildlife

Ham Roids3

How'd they just refill it and ALREADY have a massive algae problem? Like they just make everything worse, like the Midas touch but instead of gold everything turns to shit

Dan Davis3

Breaking: DC area Home Depots warn of sudden run on hydrogen peroxide.

cirrhosis of the rye3

Do you want bleach-blond pond scum? Because this is how you get bleach-blond pond scum

Aurora3

They should have just painted the thing Algae Green. And been done w it.

JustSomeGuy3

Scene yesterday: the White House Situation Room Bunker. In attendance: the Fuhrer, Vice Chancellor Vance, and Reich Minister of the Interior Burgum.

emily68.bsky.social3

Algae, like rust, never sleeps.

sixth2

not only did he not drain the swamp- he actually made it bigger and stuck it right out in front of the capitol

BFox1352

I'm gonna laugh so hard when they find out the paint Is ruined by the peroxide

🏳️‍⚧️Catherine of Leeds2

I bet they are charging $10k a bottle!!

Rik Basterd2

Tomorrow they are bringing in the dump truck full of baking soda.

Hextella2

Everyone on capital hill is going to be high af off bleach fumes before that pool turns a shade of “anything resembling not verdant”

NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE2

They need bigger and many many more bottles for that amount of water plus a new filtration system with ongoing anti-algae chemicals to keep it fully free from algae over the long term.. and also more consistent water movement which prevents algae from forming. Its all about science.

Indybhoffman2

It's almost as if they had absolutely no idea what they were doing when they "improved" the reflecting pool.

Blame Tag 🏷️2

I love that their attitude towards the reflecting pool was "If it ain't fix, broke it!".

T2

Green is more appropriate as it's the color of money and of envy, both of which power this administration.

eggai2

isnt this what u use chlorine for

Stephen Smith 🇨🇦2

Surprised they aren’t using ivermectin. Cures all.

Howard Roark2

Tomorrow- large numbers of dead birds surround the DC reflecting pool

Krisi 🏳️‍⚧️2

They tried this in Florida a few years ago when they were having massive algae blooms. Spoiler, it didn't work. floridaphoenix.com/2023/09/14/u...

Reverend Lucifer Johnson2

it’s fine chatgtp said this will fix it

Queer and Pleasant Danger2

And, because it's government work, each one of those bottle cost $150,000.

Townes Van Pants2

I THOUGHT HE WAS DRAINING THE SWAMP

For Freedom's Sake13

For a hot minute minute. That's a 12% solution they are pouring by the gallon jug into a 6.5 million gallon pool. It's not going to be effective, and even if there was by some mystical chance any noticable difference, the effects would be temporary.

Jacques Riverain3

Hydrogen peroxide is is actually biodegradable and o fairly low toxicity. Assuming it isn’t applied in massive concentrations. It has a short half-life.

Dave Urban4

ok, maybe ai is not all bad

(Debbie)🐕🐈🐘🐼☕️🎶⚖️🌊4

Best part was that bird taking a shit on his head🤣🤣

Gail3

I’m surprised that rfk hasn’t taken his grandchildren swimming there

Paul-inToronto 🇨🇦🏌🏽‍♂️🏒2

Marco is back on the couch… I love it. 😂😂👍🇨🇦

☮☮😸😸☮☮2

Wait, a floating couch? JD must be close behind.....

Just a gardener 💙💛16

The sad thing is that, if they are actually NPS employees, they know what they are doing is futile, they are being blamed, and they knew the painting debacle was not a good plan. Just demoralizing. Hang in there NPS, if you can. We know it's not your fault.

ShiftKicker10

Really dilute hydrogen peroxide can be a growth booster in aquatic flora too. So they may be boosting algae growth if they're just chucking minimal amounts in and not the actual volume required to actually limit algal growth.

Nigel Garbage7

Verified the same. It's only gonna get worse as painting the concrete a dark color leads to more heat absorption from the sun's rays and higher water temps. Lol. Dipshittery all around.

Ben Taylor4

When that algal bloom does die it's going to start decomposing. That will use up the oxygen in the water. Then you're going to have an anoxic pool full of dead organic matter. That'll smell nice.

Zoe Samuel4

Gosh how many liters to do a skyscraper though

proud rebel scum ⚛️3

you just made the algae angry 🤣

Carl Alexander2

Have Trump bathe in it...that will kill every living thing in it.

Carla, Trantifa President2

i would have expected a pumper truck to unload the amount of hydrogen peroxide needed

Vague Pariah2

H2O2 comes in higher concentrations. It is also commonly used to treat string algae. They are not necessarily trying to raise the concentration of the whole volume but raise it locally long enough to kill a bunch of algae and then vacuum up that dead algae.

escapedexplorer.bsky.social59

They're still there doing shit, by the way

Musicology Duck53

everything I’ve seen out there this week reminds me of the old adage about emptying the ocean with a teaspoon…somewhere between two and ten workers doing something that looks absolutely futile in that gigantic pool

Jonathan Pierce41

century of american humiliation continues apace we used to land on the moon

🏳️‍🌈julian🏳️‍🌈wants to codify Bivens36

unironically making the vat of chemicals that made the joker but its the whole reflecting pool

Kevin Kostka35

Perfect microcosm of Trump II. An attempted temporary fix using the wrong thing in the wrong amount done the wrong way. Like, peroxide can do that, but you'd need to use stronger solutions, in higher amounts, introduced at inflow, and done regularly. This is doing approximately nothing.

Head Like a Hijacker24

My math is likely off, but the point still stands

The Rev. Andy McQuery18

No, the pool is just going blonde for Pride

Justin Wallace16

I will never live down the shame of how completely fucking stupid the lot of them are.

Sagittarius A*14

gonna need a lot of those jugs also that won't work for long

Shimmersoft9

I don't know anything about cleaning algae but I have to imagine that the federal government can afford a more elegant solution than buying a pallet of hydrogen peroxide from home depot

Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕8

Aren't there usually ducks and geese around there?

Mr. Skeets8

This is “local Walmart manager sweatily tries to fix his inventory screw-up before the regional manager notices” energy, except for uhh the White House

West is.. uhh.. fuck8

What's the Kalshi line on Donnie ordering an acid based treatment tomorrow after this doesn't work and it creating a mild chlorine mist

Hammermime 𓄿7

The pool guy I follow says they should be using baking soda tablets “if they’re determined to do it that way like total nonces”

capillariancrest.bsky.social5

Looks like they just bought pallets of this shit at retail lol

Hamiltwan5

Should try some vinegar and baking soda.

❌👑5

We are being governed by morons. 🤦‍♀️

Colin Elves4

Oh sweet. Let me know when they get desperate and start adding the bleach.

kikishelf.bsky.social3

Will that hurt the ducks?

Bishop Whitewind3

Shouldn't they be using chlorine? This just keeps getting dumber the more I think about it like has no one Donald Trump the "hotel baron" ever met ever seen a swimming pool before? Can they not afford a pool boy? Maybe they burned through their supply during the Epstein escapades?

Alan Kelly2

That’s a bleach of the piece

assigned curmudgeon at birth2

"so desperate to look like they were doing something about it" more like

High How Are You, Rat2

It isn't there yet, but this is approaching Four Seasons Hotel levels of comedy.

PenguinGuy2

The funniest instance of "they don't have enough guys" by far.

Debbie Chavez Vinette3

It is a toxic cesspool of algae and scum, much like this administration is a cesspool of corruption."

hbalaresists.bsky.social2

Trump spent MILLIONS to make the Reflecting Pool blue on the bottom like a swimming pool. Now, the whole thing is green... 🤦‍♂️

Queen Zenobia2

Our tax dollars at work. Do now they will poison the ducks in order to kill the algae bloom. So. Much. Winning.

We Royally Screwed Up - Now What2

We finally found something Trump could build efficiently: an algae pond that is taller than the One World Trade Center.

spaceager.bsky.social5

Trump never heard of it. Never met the guy

Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion4

🎶 I can hear the bullfrog callin' me, aw Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree, aw Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water Shoofly, dragonfly, get back to mother Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River🎶 Creedence Clearwater Revival

Wolfgang VonMockery4

But it's hilarious because it's such a public, un-hideable failure. So there's that.

David3

Everything Trump touches turns to crap. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...

Badger Giff3

Excuse me Vanna, I’d like to buy a scientist, please!

Jason M Ernst3

And they’re blaming Left-wing sabotage for it instead of understanding science.

johnscotthoward.bsky.social12

And painting it darker hiked up the water temp, making it an algae fest

Sliders11

I’ve heard ivermectin should do the trick

Rick Miskowski 🏜️9

What about thoughts and prayers.

Lori6

Kinda symbolic of everything trump does.

Peter4

Just how many Trump screwups do we have to endure before we realize that the old guy's brain doesn't work, and probably was not all that great in his prime, king of bankruptcy, but now he is failing as brain rot becomes the path downward.

Angeleno Bob4

I know it's supposed to be a reflecting pool with a smooth surface, but Disney knows, circulation is the key. And who doesn't know it gets hot in the summer? I guess it's the same people that don't know that a dark surface on a pool bottom will heat the water and encourage growth.

PhoenixDogLover4

Hydrogen Peroxide in the small quantities they are using will actually accelerate algae growth, because dilute peroxide breaks down, releasing oxygen quickly. Algae loves sunlight and oxygen.

moneill16.bsky.social3

Everything The Convicted Felon and Rapist Touches Dies

Auburn Blake2

This job included some sciency things to be considered in order for it to be successful. So, ya know....

Enemy Within2

The only thing missing are some gators

adriana1o5.bsky.social2

I'm not a pool person, don't have one and never had to maintain one but I do have one question: How STOOPID do you have to be to not clean the pipes & then refill the pool from the algae riddled tidal basin through dirty pipes?

Chillin2

He has the Sewage Touch

jansky2300.bsky.social2

You can’t control nature. It’s a losing effort unless they want to drain it and pretend that the blue paint is a reflection of the sky.

JimmyB2

Think Walmart has pool shock on sale. What a disaster, another in a long list of disasters created by the felon Donald Trump.

Peter Principle2

Sort of like Trump himself: No matter how hard his people try to fix him up, he's still scum.

Dave Owsiany2

Well known that dark colors absorb more light , generating more heat than light colors. So the dark blue paint causes the water to heat more quickly, making an environment even more conducive to algae growth. Ain’t science diabolical ?

Señor Squeaky3

was this 100% necessary 😂

Fascism Fighter 86472

I loathe that fat fucking piece of shit with every fiber of my being 😡

Lollioness2

If everything he touches dies…throw him into the algae. Let’s see if that does the trick.

Island Dane2

As Rick Wilson has said time and time again, ‘everything trump touches dies’…. And, we’re paying for it…literally 🤬🤬🤬!

Milaclypse, Immediate Murder Professional6

h2o2 breaks down into water and oxygen pretty quickly in the sun. Which is what algae needs to live. fungus and molds notoriously blow up in growth when improperly treated with H2O2. This is going to explode in their faces.

Dr. John Francis3

They're gonna need to do this every 1-2 weeks for eternity. INVEST IN H2O2 NOW!!!

Deb ❌👑3

I was wondering that myself because there ARE ducks now floating around in that scum. But we know that this regime doesn't care about the environment or animals. They don't even care about humans so.....

🇨🇦 Allan2

He’ll say windmills killed the birds and the pool is blue, and Maga will cheer him on.

Ben2

Chlorine works better. Trust me I have cleaned many green pools. Adjust the ph and shock the chlorine. For a pool that size thousands of dollars worth of pool shock powder.

Marbels4

Holy shit, I think that's the first time google AI was spot on🤣

H.K.3

More unbridled stupidity - never ending!

tobyontour3

So soon it will be green, toxic, and full of dead birds.

Emily3

Just efficient enough to kill wildlife and fill the pool with rotting bird carcasses. In some respect it's an accurate reflection of Donald Trump's presidency and the current stae of our country.

AmyNM69🩷♀️🩷2

Would require at least 333 gallons of 12% hydrogen peroxide. 😳