Trump Just Did the Most ‘Trumpy’ Thing With Men Who Repaired DC’s Reflecting Pool

Trump visited the Reflecting Pool worksite in May

Meridian Hill Park and Freedom Plaza both received significant renovations, and the before images serve as a helpful reminder of how much the areas had deteriorated. The administration has presented this effort as part of the “D.C. Safe and Beautiful” initiative, which has been steadily rolling out projects across the city.

While there, some moronic media reporter actually asked the president why he was bothering to clean it up. Trump first explained that workers hauled 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of the pool.

“That’s not what our country is about,” he said. “Our country is about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people, not a filthy capital.”