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Trump forgets the name of the Washington Monument (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
10 hrs ago
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dalton99a
(95,783 posts)1. One can hope he forgets he's president and thinks he's a janitor
Historic NY
(40,167 posts)2. It was never designed to be a pool.
Extensive work was done during the Obama Administration to stabilize it and allow for the filtering of the muddy water from the tidal basin. Its a shallow reflecting pool. Which means the dark bottom allowed the reflections of the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial in the still water.
Goonch
(5,723 posts)3. ;-{).....

displacedvermoter
(5,111 posts)4. Spirochetes, I have heard, are in the mix...
underpants
(197,468 posts)5. His addled brain doesn't compute anything not named after him
Emile
(43,723 posts)6. Maybe he missed his afternoon nap.
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,000 posts)7. trump is not well
Wow Trump struggles to remember the name of the Washington Monument:
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-06-05T21:24:07.500Z
PCIntern
(28,697 posts)8. No no no...you don't get it....
Washington was a relatively inconsequential President compared to Hair Furor. There is no comparison.
just in case some lurking RW a$$hole thinks hes clever. Or shes clever.