Jeff Crouere spent a June 23 Newsmax column raging that everything President Trump does is criticized, chief among them his refurbishment of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool:
With the safety of Washington, D.C., restored, the president also committed to beautifying a city that had become an eyesore in recent years. His efforts have yielded impressive results.
The president claimed that his administration has “cleaned, renovated, and beautified over 45 Monuments and Memorials, 28 Statues, and 22 Fountains in Washington, DC.”
One of his foremost projects is the restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which was originally constructed in 1922 and had fallen into tremendous disrepair.
In March, he launched a $14.8 million restoration project to fix a pool that had become “absolutely filthy.”
According to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the pool was leaking 45,000 gallons of water per day prior to the renovation.
Of course, nothing was done during the Biden administration to address the problems. During President Barack Obama’s administration, a $34 million restoration of the Reflecting Pool was a complete failure.
President Trump committed to restoring the pool before the 250th birthday celebration of America on July 4, 2026.
Unfortunately, it has faced attacks from the left who are unhappy that the president is restoring the pool and are trying to prevent the project from being completed.
On Friday, David Hearn of Maryland was arrested for “tampering with material inside the Reflecting Pool.” Hearn denies the charges and claims he was just examining material that was already detached from the bottom of the pool.
Turns out that Hearn was correct, and the charges against him have been dropped. And Crouere is simply parroting Trump’s evidence-free claim that the Reflecting Poll refurbishment under Obama was a “complete failure.” His parroting of Trump continued:
The president addressed the problems, blaming “Radical Left Lunatics . . . who have spent their lives trying to ruin our Country.”
He said, “The United States Park Police have arrested multiple individuals for vandalizing our…magnificent Reflecting Pool. Who would do such a thing? These are very serious crimes . . . Years in jail!”
Due to the extent of the damage, the president said that contractors “will probably be forced to release and drain much of the water in order to do the necessary repairs but will have them done as quickly as possible.”
He said that vandals had “poured corrosive and destructive chemicals into the Pool.”
Crouere apparently never bothered to fact-check Trump’s claim, given that even Newsmax has admitted that an issue of application, not vandalism, has plagued the pool.
Crouere served up more stenography:
The president also cited the vandalism at the National Mall, where crazed leftists created an image of “86-47″ in the grass.
Of course, this term is a threat against President Trump, for “86” is slang for “getting rid of something,” and “47” refers to the 47th president of the United States: Donald Trump.
This is the same type of threat that led to federal charges against former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, who claimed he stumbled upon seashells with those numbers on the beach and posted a photo online.
Crouere did not mention whether he similarly considers Jack Posobiec’s “86 46” message to be a threat against then-President Biden.
Crouere concluded with more huffing:
While the restoration efforts continue, the pool has become a gathering place for left-wing agitators. To celebrate the algae that formed after the initial stage of the pool restoration, several progressive buffoons dressed in algae costumes.
One carried an “Algae” banner screaming “Algae’s Smarter Than MAGA.”
It is questionable whether an algae aficionado who is celebrating the delay in the restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool can measure intelligence or knows anything about MAGA.
However, it is a safe bet that the person suffers from an extreme and probably incurable case of TDS.
We don’t recall Crouere denouncing any of his fellow right-wingers as having a case of Obama Derangement Syndrome.