Peter Gleick
Since Trump is putting his name on everything in Washington, I hereby christen this algal disaster at the Reflecting Pool "Trump's Swamp."
Though we the taxpayers paid for it.
Jun 15 at 2:09pmWeb
Show threadKaren E. Lund 💙💛21h ago

@petergleick When he ran for president in 2016 he said he would "drain the swamp."

Not only is the federal government swampier than ever, he's created a real swamp in what used to be a reflecting pool.

P.S.: I am a taxpayer, but I refuse to have my name associated with this mosquito-ridden malarial swamp.

Show threadShadSterling16h ago
@Karen5Lund @petergleick apparently people thought he was referring to the federal government as the swamp, rather than the destination into which the swamp would be drained
Show threadInfo 🌐21h ago
@petergleick
I've seen this on German TV last night. When will the American People finally get rid of this stupid and dangerous old man and all the goons around him?! Not only the taxpayers in the US have to pay the bill!
Show threadMighty Orbot20h ago
@hungeninfo Unlike some countries, the U.S. has to wait to either elect enough Democrats to Congress in November 2026 to impeach him, or wait for the next presidential election in 2028. Unless he dies in office, of course.
Show threadInfo 🌐20h ago
@mighty_orbot
Same situation in Germany 1933 💁🏻‍♂️
Show threadRob14h ago
@mighty_orbot @hungeninfo Wait, what? You have no guillotine?!
Show threadInfo 🌐3h ago

@elborro
Maybe the French can help! 🤔

@mighty_orbot

Show threadBellycan20h ago
@petergleick preparing it for a takeover by @dantheclamman
Show threadJustKathy20h ago

@petergleick

More than ever, the swamp needs to be drained. #US #Trump #GOP

Show threadHarryKrischner19h ago
@petergleick
maybe he's trying to go nonbeef burger and this is where he is growing his algae for them patties 🤣
Show threadMatt Blaze19h ago
@petergleick Trump National Algae Sanctuary
Show threadHoarse e-Books16h ago
@mattblaze @petergleick Bring back ice skating, generally prohibited under 36 CFR 7.96(b)(4). https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-I/part-7/section-7.96
Show threadSteve Bellovin16h ago
@20002ist @mattblaze @petergleick I notice that that section of the CFR bars model airplanes but says nothing about model rocketry…
Show threadHoarse e-Books16h ago
@SteveBellovin @mattblaze @petergleick Probably relying on the FAA exclusion to handle that, at least within DC. So maybe doable in MD or VA?
Show threadSteve Bellovin16h ago
@20002ist @mattblaze @petergleick I used to enjoy model rocketry with my kids.
Show threadHoarse e-Books16h ago
@SteveBellovin @mattblaze @petergleick I’m shocked! Shocked!
Show threadMöchtegern19h ago
@petergleick I never understood, why a #Republican president insisted on having a national symbol turned bright #blue, but I am really surprised that he is secretly a green! #reflectionPool #TrumpsSwamp
Show threadMöchtegern19h ago
@petergleick I never understood, why a #Republican president insisted on having a national symbol turned bright #blue, but I am really surprised that he is secretly a green! #reflectionPool #TrumpsSwamp
Show threadKobold19h ago
@petergleick Is this real? No AI?

I thought this pond was supposed to be blue.
Show threadElvith Ma'for19h ago
@kobold @petergleick Blue as in blue algae? SCNR
Show threadKarl Auerbach19h ago

@petergleick I hereby designate that color as Trump-Epstein Green.

Pantone, are you listening?

Show threadStoneface Vimes19h ago
@petergleick as you, the taxpayers, will be paying for every bit of his vanity. Maybe when you eventually sling him in chokey you can confiscate all his assets to pay back you, the People. T'would merely be justice.
Show threadMatt Chambers19h ago
@petergleick I've got some aquarium and a pond and from time to time I've got algae. But if I didn't have fish in them it would be quite easy to get rid of the algae. More incompetence from the administration.
Show threadF4GRX Sébastien19h ago
@petergleick whats lurking underwater? Are these the remnants of an alien queen?
Show threadDexruus19h ago

@petergleick I just had to (locally) AI slop my thought;

"get out of my swamp"

Show threadbent lion18h ago
@petergleick It's the rice experiment, just on a Trump-level scale.
Show threadkali18h ago
@petergleick it is literally called a reflecting pool. the water is supposed to be dark.
Show threadClimate Jenny 2.118h ago
@petergleick Anyone in #DC who wants to check for mosquito larvae?
Show threadSusan Barnes18h ago
@petergleick
Make Algae Great Again
Show threadjlwndski16h ago
@SRBtrout @petergleick Algae Intelligence.
Show threadUrzl18h ago

@petergleick Such is the fate of essentially every large sunny water basin.

It's not an actively recirculated, filtered swimming pool; it's a pond.

Show threadHarriettMB18h ago
@petergleick Didn’t Trump make a big issue of a whole new system which would permanently remove the algae from the Reflection Pool?………. Will the guys who worked on it ever get paid, since the algae is clearly still there? He’s infamous for non-payment.
Show threadSpaceLifeForm17h ago

@petergleick

Carp. Periodic fish frys for the homeless.

Show threadSpace Catitude 🚀16h ago

@SpaceLifeForm @petergleick

They also eat bug larvae. Mind you, that could be kind of nice to have an organically-balanced pond.

Show threadWestern Infidels17h ago
@petergleick The Trump National Algae Reserve
Show threadpeterfisherbooks.com=freescify16h ago
@petergleick structured water, obviously.
Show threadDahmonium16h ago
@petergleick Trump's pool almost sounds like "Trump cesspool"
Show threadTodd Knarr16h ago
@petergleick And all because the people he hired didn't remember what everyone who owns a permanent swimming pool knows: add chlorine.
Show threadGalbinus Caeli15h ago
@petergleick Or "The Trump Skidmark"
Show threadnetfortius15h ago

@petergleick
There is a french-canadien (québécoise) expression, whose first half relates to all this:

« Le nom des fous est écrit partout ...».

Translation left to the curious minds.

Show threadAAA36514h ago
@petergleick Oh it is a reflection swamp!
Show threadtyzbit13h ago
@petergleick he drained the swamp and dumped it in front of abe lincoln. incredible.