Forget crumbling democracy: America’s biggest crisis is a stagnant, murky pool
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is a painful metaphor for the state of our union
TL;DR
- The Trump administration has identified the rehabilitation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool as a primary crisis.
- The pool is described as having peeling paint and green algae, resembling a stagnant lake.
- The author views the reflecting pool as another in a series of pointless infrastructure projects characterized by vanity, no-bid contracts, and eventual failure.
- Trump attributes the pool's condition to vandals cutting the surface and dumping fertilizer, though details are scarce.
- A fence has been erected around the pool, ostensibly for security, which the author derides as counterproductive to beautification.
- The stagnant pool is presented as a metaphor for the current state of American democracy and the union.