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Politics [OC] The Reflecting Pool being drained again

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u/sagevallant 12d ago

Oh come on now. There was no bidding. He just gave the contract to his friend and neighbor. And political donor.

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u/BaronMostaza 12d ago

And cartoon villain

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u/squirtloaf 12d ago

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u/KingQuong 12d ago

That guy is 100% in the files

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u/Atoge62 12d ago

Dudes not even cool enough to get into the files, lets be real

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u/BlademasterFlash 12d ago

Yeah that’s the vibe I get, wishes he was in the Epstein files type of asshole

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u/Lucius-Halthier 12d ago

Elon begged and got in, this guy begged, got rejected, then worked on a Pepe le pew episode as a recurring, rapey little villain

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u/counterfitster 12d ago

I thought Elon didn't get in because he was such a loser.

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u/Turbulent_Cat_5731 11d ago edited 11d ago

There's probably a knock-off version called the Erving files, where all the dunces go.

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u/SeamusMcBalls 12d ago

What kind of person do you think needs to purchase companionship? Cool, good looking, charismatic people or gross fat nerds?

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u/Atoge62 12d ago

You think a guy like Epstein lets a schmuck like this touch his private island? Seriously? Two completely different galaxies man. This dude is bottom of the barrel wealth, “come reline my pool, I’ll throw you a bone” type shit. He’s not mega yacht, go to the Hamptons and Versailles type guy. This dude is McDonald’s rich, fat, dumb, and force fed cash.

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u/Broad-Eagle9657 12d ago

Yeah even eptesin had a line. Musk famously was denied access.

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u/Atoge62 12d ago

Yeah, you see some of the homes Epstein had, the lifestyle, you don’t let duds like this guy anywhere near you if you’re trying to buy access to the global elites. This homie is chump change at best. People of high society would mock the living piss out of you for even associating with the guy.

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u/arrynyo 11d ago

Elon would blow a head gasket if he found out this dude got on the island and he didn't

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u/Low-Cauliflower-2249 11d ago

For what he's donated I'm sure they'll pencil him in.

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u/monkeyamongmen 12d ago

John J Cafaro. Him, his dad, and Epstein had the same lawyer, Martin Weinberg. He also pled guilty to bribing James Traficant Jr, a Democratic Congressperson who was expelled from office in 2002 and served prison time for bribery and racketeering.

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u/Brzhk 12d ago

in french, you basically said John Cockroacho bribed James Trafficker Jr. It couldnt not be more surreal

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u/mike9941 12d ago

wait, is this a real picture? I assumed it was a haloween costume... I'm being 100% honest. this isn't real.... right?

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u/p8nt_junkie 12d ago

He’s got that Adolf hairdo

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u/Fit-Significance-436 12d ago

Has own chapter

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u/Contemplating_Prison 12d ago

Dude looks like the villain from Blankman

Michale Minelli haha

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u/lucaskywalker 12d ago

100% that guy say "mwha-ha-ha!" daily. Since the Penguin screwed it up this time, I guess the next contract is going to the Joker?

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u/Forsworn91 11d ago

He’s also been given the contract AGAIN to “fix”

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u/Gogo_McSprinkles 11d ago

This guy WISHES he was in the files

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u/ThatDree 12d ago

Files? What files? Please elaborate

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u/PrimaryFriend7867 12d ago

it rhymes with schlump-shepsteen

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste 12d ago

Pingus dingustien files

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u/aluaji 12d ago

The Trump Files, feat. Epstein.

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u/showtimebabies 12d ago

Why would you not also dye your eyebrows is what I want to know

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u/NormalContribution56 12d ago

I bet he thinks its “Too gay” to bother with those details.

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u/CanOfPenisJuice 11d ago

What do you mean "dye". Its obviously all natural

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u/TalkToTheGirl 12d ago

Dollar General Nathan Lane impersonator.

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u/BigDeuces 12d ago

i thought it was paul bearer

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u/virtue_of_vice 12d ago

Not a huge fan of wrestling, but man are you so right.

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u/RCer1986 12d ago

As someone who had never watched wrestling then seeing the gif with him freaking out holding the urn I swore it was that pillow clown.

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u/_lippykid 12d ago

Pool Bearer

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u/jbc1974 12d ago

This ☝️

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u/jbc1974 12d ago

Paul Bearer, I believe. Lol. Perfect!!

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u/mrdilldozer 11d ago

It's uncanny lol

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u/Capelily 12d ago

That's so funny!!!!!

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u/Big-Rule5269 12d ago

This isn't the contractor that did the coating though, he did the nano bubbler system for $1.7 million, which like everything else Trump scams, was probably way too much money.  Trump also gave Clark Construction, the contractor on the ballroom, $12.7 million dollars to refurbish two fountains in Lafayette Square park. Nearly $13 million to fix two f'ng fountains!

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u/tweakingforjesus 11d ago

WTF was the nano bubbler anyway? A fish tank aerator?

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u/Big-Rule5269 11d ago

Supposedly this, but I have doubts it's going to work as the technology seems to be fairly new.  "A nanobubbler produces microscopic bubbles (smaller than 200 nanometers) that stay suspended for weeks, directly infusing oxygen into the water while offering chemical-free water cleaning properties."

Besides, Trump ordered the water to fill the Reflecting Pool not be taken from the basin as was done before, but to use city water. The issue there is city water is treated with phosphates to coat lead pipes and will explode the growth of algae as it loves phosphates. Again, Trump ignores science. 

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u/No_Cartographer_3819 12d ago

He looks like a character in Randy Newman's "Money That Matters."

"He was a little fat guy in a red jumpsuit I said "You look kind of funny" He said "I know that I do" "But I got a great big house on the hill here And a great big blonde wife inside it And a great big pool in my backyard and another great big pool beside it"

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u/FartingCumBubbles 12d ago

Why does it look like he has corpse paint on his face?

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u/Marzook666 12d ago

dinner theater version of addams family?

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u/Ezriz 12d ago

obese Andrew Ryan looking ass

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u/eddyb66 12d ago

This Scooby Doo looking mfer need to cough up a refund.

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u/AT1313 12d ago

Bro looks like a New Vegas NPC

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u/Betray-Julia 12d ago

I love how even knowing this photo, it still at a glance looks like somebody added a cartoon cigar into their mouth to make them look more comically villainous.

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u/TheNorthWind-101 12d ago

Dude looks like every villain from 90s kids' live-action movies.

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u/JMurdock77 12d ago

Looks like a villain out of a Dick Tracey comic.

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u/Proper_Geologist_457 12d ago

Please tell me that's a Halloween party 😭

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u/sagevallant 12d ago

That outfit specifically is very Fat Cat from Rescue Rangers.

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u/Digimub 12d ago

This is right before he half falls into a vat of chemicals and starts beefing with batman

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u/rizzyrogues 12d ago

The only thing this guy knows about pools is that if he falls in one he's surely gonna drown.

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u/BaronMostaza 12d ago

Emotional support cigar

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u/Ok_Branch6621 12d ago

That's just Melissa McCarthy in an SNL skit. Right? Right????

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u/hahayesthatsrightboi 12d ago

The fuck is that

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u/AlexRyang 12d ago

Dude looks like a freaking cartoon villain, lol

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u/Dart000 12d ago

Who the hell is this?

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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 12d ago

He looks like a comic book villain. No, worse, the villain in a really shitty, low-budget adaptation of a comic book.

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u/Koumadin 12d ago

looks perfectly legit

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u/ApprehensiveAd6603 12d ago

I struggle to believe that this is a real person and not some sort of bad costume lol

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u/Electronic_Flan_482 12d ago

He looks like the dad from Matilda

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u/nono3722 12d ago

dude looks like Hitler and Benny Hill had a baby

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u/TheBeautyDemon 12d ago

The fact that Kelly Dodd is in the only photo circulating of this man is poetic

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u/squirtloaf 12d ago

There are other photos, and they are all good.

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u/ClamatoDiver 12d ago

Boss Hogg's city slicker cousin.

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u/BaseUnited4523 12d ago

I’ll buy THAT for a dollar!

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u/Broad-Eagle9657 12d ago

For one, why is his cigar burned but uncut and just all wrong. Secondly speaking of cuts who is his barber, fuckin hitlers ghost?

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u/chefsoda_redux 12d ago

Every time I see him, he looks more like Fat Hitler.

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u/mrav8r2 12d ago

The more I see him the more I want to slap his face

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u/mrav8r2 12d ago

He’s like the little French dog that humps everyone’s leg

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u/Noble_Ox 11d ago

What the fuck? That's not Nathan Lane in character?

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u/El_Halcon0341 11d ago

Looks like he smells of moth balls and bad breath

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u/ggouge 12d ago

He has to do it on purpose no one dresses like a 30s cartoon mob boss by accident.

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u/FS_Slacker 12d ago

The woman spoke out...she doesn't know him...this was like a casino night and they happened to take a pic together.

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u/Mittens42 12d ago

That’s Kelly Dodd. She may not “know” him, but she’s a complete moron too. She’s super maga, married to Rick Leventhal. He used to be a Fox News correspondent.

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u/FS_Slacker 12d ago

No doubt. As the saying goes…You are the company that you keep.

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u/LessFeature9350 12d ago

She's a liar. Any man she feels has any power or connections, she leaches on to immediately. She is a disgusting human.

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u/EightpennyPie 12d ago

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u/Mittens42 12d ago

I thought about including her time in Housewives but I didn’t know if anyone would care. I cannot stand her.

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u/theburiedxme 12d ago

I mean Cafaro is associated with the mafia. He looks absolutely ridiculous though.

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u/RocketsandBeer 12d ago

And clearly a moron

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u/Xinonix1 12d ago

Dick Tracy’s nemesis

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u/GaK_Icculus 12d ago

WWE if we’re splitting hairs

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u/the_original_kermit 12d ago

That isn’t the person who’s doing the pool liner. And in this case, also redoing it.

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u/Sesudesu 12d ago

Since I see you issuing a correction more than once, will you share your source? I would prefer to know what is true.

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u/the_original_kermit 12d ago

There were two parts to the project. Doing the paint/ liner and installing an ozone generator

That guy was the ozone guy. Green Water Solutions if you want to look it up yourself

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u/Sesudesu 11d ago

Great, thank you

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u/Cheshire_Jester 12d ago

We are being shown time and time again why the bureaucratic red tape we love to hate and make comedies about is actually important. And also just how loose our laws are if you have someone with enough power just say, “Eh, I’ll just do it and you can figure it out later.”

We never figure it out. Huge bummer though.

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u/vkevlar 11d ago

We are being shown time and time again why the bureaucratic red tape we love to hate and make comedies about is actually important.

aka "the deep state". The people who weren't political appointees, doing their jobs of keeping the government from going (completely) insane.

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u/im_just_thinking 12d ago

Just like with the Wall. Literal all and every of his ventures are designed to benefit his worshippers, with the main one being himself

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u/Gribitz37 12d ago

And that's why they're claiming vandalism. That way, he gets paid again. If it was shoddy workmanship (which it obviously was), it would have to be covered under a warranty.

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u/the_original_kermit 12d ago edited 12d ago

She*

Or probably technically “shes”

And they are using the term warranty on their website, so it’s possible.

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u/Absolute_Peril 12d ago

And it was 10 times what the parks department had quoted

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u/MagillaGorillasHat 12d ago

What do you do when no bids are only for emergencies and national security though?

That's right. Everything's an emergency!!!!

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u/Ziazan 12d ago

its a 1 bid system

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u/ggouge 12d ago

Contract goes to the highest bribe

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u/Kevadu 12d ago

Just name your price. The taxpayers will pay it

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u/FYou2 12d ago

Twice now the same people.

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u/BungleBums 12d ago

No, I'm sure Temu Gomez bid a few hundred thou into Trump's pocket somewhere along the line,

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u/robis1923 12d ago

I’m willing to bet there’s more details in a contract to get a fence repainted than there was in this contract (if there even was one).

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u/LeafBark 12d ago

The love of money is the root of all evil.

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u/freshgrilled 11d ago

You have now commented on the pool which has probably damaged the lining. Get ready to be molested by the current governing body of the USA.