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Jon Stewart Exposes Depth of Donald Trump’s Pool Slime Corruption

The Daily Beast

June 23, 2026

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Jon Stewart Exposes Depth of Donald Trump’s Pool Slime Corruption

Comedy CentralJon Stewart was stunned by a surprising new figure in Trump’s algae-infested pool disaster.Trump announced in April that he would be renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, telling his Truth Social followers, “We were told it was going to take YEARS to do this job, and it will take a fraction of that time, at a fraction of the cost.”Over two months and more than 16 million later, the pool is covered in algae and sheets of blue paint flakes. One official noted that the blue paint in the pool Trump ordered could’ve contributed to higher water temperatures, worsening the algae growth beyond usual summer levels. Read more at The Daily Beast.

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