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Who knew blue paint could be so expensive?
Now, now...let's be fair here. It may not be that Trump lied. Perhaps he simply forgot. Dementia's like that sometimes, ya know.
Yeah, pretty much. I mean, compared to some of Trump's other grifts, 13 million to paint a pool is a drop in the bucket.
But it's situations like this that drive me nuts. If this occurred in Australia, any politician, especially if it was the PM, would be ridiculed and then thrown out of government. His or her career would be ended. But this? It's barely a blip on the US political screen. I'd say that most people would simply roll their eyes and move on.
This is the Trump admin.
Just goes to show how much grift from Trump on this scale has been normalized, and how little his base seem to care. There is no downside to Trump grifting anyone, anywhere, for any amount of money (suing the IRS for $10 billion? Sure, why not?), and no accountability will come of it. SCOTUS has given Trump carte blanche.
So it turns out this is nothing more than a
Just one more thing that Democrats will have to fix from the previous Republican administration.
www.blumenthal.senate.gov
I think it's more likely that Trump will sue Blumenthal for libel or something like that.Blumenthal Probes No-Bid Contract Awarded to Trump’s Hand-Picked Company to Paint Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as Project Cost Balloons to $13.1 Million | U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
[WASHINGTON, DC] — U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), is seeking...To assist the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in its inquiry, please preserve all documents, records,[6] and communications[7] related to your firm’s participation in the renovation of Lafayette Park, and please provide specific responses to the following questions by May 28, 2026:
- Have you entered into any agreement, formal or informal, to receive work from the federal government at above market prices in exchange for a reduced fee for work on the Reflecting Pool?
- How did you become aware of the opportunity to participate in renovations to the Reflective Pool?
- Did you participate in a competitive or otherwise open bidding process prior to being selected for the renovations to the Reflecting Pool? Please describe the nature of this process.
- Did you submit any materials as a part of the bidding process or prior to being selected to participate in the renovations to the Reflecting Pool Please provide all materials that you submitted.
- What are the terms of the agreement(s) you entered regarding the renovations to the Reflecting Pool? Please provide a copy of any and all agreements you have entered into with the National Park Service, the White House, or any other federal government entity as part of your work on renovations to the Reflecting Pool.
- Please produce all cost estimates for the renovations to the Reflecting Pool Park prepared to date. To the extent that cost projections change over time, please provide updates on a monthly basis through completion of the project.
- When were the initial plans for the renovations to the Reflecting Pool submitted and approved?
- Have you conducted any formal reviews regarding how changing the bottom color will alter the Reflecting Pool’s appearance?
- If so, please provide any records regarding this review.
- Has Atlantic Industrial previously completed any projects similar to the renovations to the Reflecting Pool?
- If so, please provide a detailed description of each project, your company’s role, and the date or estimated date of completion.
- Since 2010, have you and/or any of your subsidiaries or affiliates participated in the construction of any properties owned or licensed by The Trump Organization, Inc., or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries, or do you have plans to bid on or otherwise participate in the construction of any Trump-affiliated properties?
- If so, please list each project and include your company’s role, the date or estimated date of completion, and how much your company was or will be compensated in total for its participation.
Please contact the Subcommittee if you have any questions about responding to these requests.We'll see if these questions are answered at the end of May.
