Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Algae, peeling paint, and arrests, oh my! The Reflecting Pool fiasco isn’t just gross, it’s costing us millions.
“It is such a perfect metaphor for everything else the Administration is doing that feels more consequential and serious. And so this is a way that we can tidily encapsulate what he’s doing to America in a way that also feels like an eff-you to him, because it’s something that he cared a lot about that is blowing up in his face.”
Listen to Slate senior writer Christina Cauterucci and What Next host Mary Harris discuss how Trump's efforts to cosmetically raise the Reflecting Pool to his standards have been staggeringly expensive and ineffective in surprising ways. Plus, how it encapsulates the Trump presidency experience pretty succinctly.
Listen to the entire conversation now on What Next.
#reflectingpool #trumpadministration #podcast
Algae, peeling paint, and arrests, oh my! The Reflecting Pool fiasco isn’t just gross, it’s costing us millions.
“It is such a perfect metaphor for everything else the Administration is doing that feels more consequential and serious. And so this is a way that we can tidily encapsulate what he’s doing to America in a way that also feels like an eff-you to him, because it’s something that he cared a lot about that is blowing up in his face.”
Listen to Slate senior writer Christina Cauterucci and What Next host Mary Harris discuss how Trump's efforts to cosmetically raise the Reflecting Pool to his standards have been staggeringly expensive and ineffective in surprising ways. Plus, how it encapsulates the Trump presidency experience pretty succinctly.
Listen to the entire conversation now on What Next.
#reflectingpool #trumpadministration #podcast
