A Very Lame Duck Trump Patrols the Reflecting Pool

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President Donald J. Trump’s health and mental state seem to be deteriorating rapidly, and he keeps manifesting this trend by telling more and more preposterous lies. 

The latest big lie is that vandals waded out into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool armed with a utility knife and cut a 350-foot gash in the rubber barrier that was painted on the bottom. Then they carried bags of fertilizer to the site and poured it into the water to encourage algae growth. All of this happened without anyone being seen on the many cameras arrayed around the pool doing any of this. 

Now US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine “Box of Wine” Pirro has vowed to get to the bottom of this swamp scandal and bring the miscreants responsible to justice. 

Prediction: No one will be convicted of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, ever. Well, Trump might be, if he didn’t have blanket immunity.

Here are some additional social media posts from Trump and others about this matter. 

Here is another example of a crazy pro-algae (likely paid) protestor. pic.twitter.com/v72c7a1Tap

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 22, 2026

Six ARRESTS have been made for vandalizing our Reflecting Pool. President Trump will ensure these deranged individuals are held accountable. @PressSec pic.twitter.com/gB3fPpeYIV

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 23, 2026

Video captures the moment vandals caused a 350-foot gash in the Reflecting Pool's sealant pic.twitter.com/8qz7g10b8K

— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) June 23, 2026

Proof that Trump is a blatant liar. pic.twitter.com/Wosxw8uEdH

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) June 23, 2026

Who is at fault for the mess that is the reflecting pool currently? We had a couple of pool experts on TMZ Live to discuss! pic.twitter.com/gdjsSUOEbG

— TMZ Live (@TMZLive) June 23, 2026

While you’re here enjoying DonkeyHotey’s latest cartoon, please take a moment to read these articles on related topics: 

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• Other DonkeyHotey cartoons

The cartoon above was created by DonkeyHotey for WhoWhatWhy from these images: Donald Trump caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY 4.0), Reflecting Pool (Kenrick95 / Wikimedia – CC BY-SA 4.0), rubber duck (Quang Nguyen / Wikimedia – CC BY 2.0), and rubber ducks (GFDL / Wikimedia – PD).