{"id":39080,"date":"2026-06-29T13:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=39080"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:37:29","slug":"joe-biden-takes-brutal-swipe-at-trump-over-reflecting-pool-repairs-after-he-threatened-vandals-with-10-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=39080","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden takes brutal swipe at Trump over Reflecting Pool repairs after he threatened vandals with 10 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Joe Biden finally snapped. After months in the shadows, battling late-stage cancer and avoiding the cameras, he stepped up to a microphone and hurled one cutting word at Donald Trump: \u201closer.\u201d It wasn\u2019t just about politics. It was about a $14 million patriotic makeover gone embarrassingly wrong, a slashed Reflecting Pool, and a presid\u2026\u00a0<strong>Continues\u2026<\/strong><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s rare appearance at a Democratic Party gala stunned the room. Frail but sharp, he zeroed in on Trump\u2019s heavily hyped renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a $14 million project that drained and resurfaced the landmark, painting the bottom a bold \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Within weeks, the paint peeled, algae spread, and the grand patriotic image curdled into an embarrassing green mess. Biden mocked the chaos, accusing Trump of corruption \u201con a scale never seen before,\u201d and sneering that the former president had even \u201chired his own pool guy to fix the reflecting pool\u201d before delivering the gut punch: \u201cWhat a loser.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, for his part, has blamed shadowy vandals, alleging knives, chemicals, and sabotage\u2014but offering no proof. As he threatens decade-long prison terms on Truth Social, Biden\u2019s jab lands differently: a sick, 83\u2011year\u2011old ex-president calling out his rival\u2019s legacy as nothing more than a leaking, stained reflection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Joe Biden finally snapped. 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