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Trump’s Reflecting Pool Delusion Breaks ‘The View’ Host’s Brain

The Daily Beast

June 22, 2026

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Trump’s Reflecting Pool Delusion Breaks ‘The View’ Host’s Brain

The View/ABCThe View co-host Whoopi Goldberg couldn’t contain her laughter at President Donald Trump’s outlandish punishments for apparent vandals of the Reflecting Pool.Trump has been enraged with his failed updates to the Reflecting Pool, as chunks of “American flag blue” paint are peeling off of he bottom, and algae continues to bloom. Trump has since claimed that the algae is the result of vandals and has pledged to drain and renovate the pool for a second time.“He is claiming that vandals are to blame,” Goldberg said. “He says they illegally placed chemicals in the water and left a 300-foot gash in the pool. Now, five people are said to have been arrested. He says a 10-year prison sentence will be strictly enforced.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

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