Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Absolutely Looks Like Shit Now | Defector

It looks like they're brewing Yodas in there. defector.com/promises-mad...

I love that me and @davidjroth.bsky.social published substantively the same paragraph today (and that his version is quite a bit better) defector.com/promises-mad...

“…the water is more or less the color of a sour apple Jolly Rancher now. It looks like they're brewing Yodas in there. It is so uncannily green & visibly slimy that it feels inevitable that video will soon surface of RFK Jr. splashing around in it with jeans on.” defector.com/promises-mad...

It's about the pool. And so much more. So good. Author @davidjroth.bsky.social's pitch: "The war on metaphor is over and we lost." Gift article link: defector.com/promises-mad...

"Specifically, the water is more or less the color of a sour apple Jolly Rancher now. It looks like they're brewing Yodas in there. It is so uncannily green and visibly slimy that it feels inevitable that video will soon surface of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. splashing around in it with jeans on." 🎁🔗

It begins with a classic Trump-style category error, (.....) that the pool's intended architectural purpose—as a "water mirror" (...)—runs counter to Donald Trump's personal understanding of what a pool is, which is "thing filled with swimming pool-colored water." defector.com/promises-mad...

“Trump's truest and most durable base is extremely like this: Dumb old bullies all grandiose and soft from golf and infidelity; illiterate real-estate types with detailed opinions on The Differences Between The Races; the luridly unemployable adult children of car-dealership guys” Peak Roth here:

"Specifically, the water is more or less the color of a sour apple Jolly Rancher now. It looks like they're brewing Yodas in there. It looks like the aftermath of Boston Tea Party-style political action involving matcha." defector.com/promises-mad...

This is so good. As usual. Thank you, @davidjroth.bsky.social

This article is amazing defector.com/promises-mad...

Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Absolutely Looks Like Shit Now - Every word true.

Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Absolutely Looks Like Shit Now - defector.com/promises-mad...

Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Absolutely Looks Like Shit Now - defector.com/promises-mad...

defector.com/promises-mad... Within a day of the resurfaced and repainted pool being refilled, National Parks Service employees could be seen removing algae blooms from its surface. A week in, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is, pardon the hydrological jargon, "all fucked up."