TODAY Troops Guard the Reflecting Pool
THE ART OF THE PEEL: President Trump dispatched the National Guard to protect the newly-refurbished National Mall reflecting pool which he claims was the target of vandals destroying the blue bottom rather than failed workmanship. In Trump’s mind there is never responsibility, only blame.
YESTERDAY Fighting Threatens Peace Talks
CEASEFIRE AND FIRE: Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon continue to shoot at each other, endangering the US agreement with Iran to hammer out a permanent peace deal. Iran has made peace contingent upon an end to fighting in Lebanon.
Over the weekend a 67-year-old former Olympic canoeist was charged with vandalism after touching some of the blue bottom coating floating to the surface. Trump claimed on his Truth Social that, “Many additional people have been arrested having to do with the disgraceful Vandalism of our beautiful Reflecting Pool.”
Aerial views show about a third of Trump’s “American Flag Blue” bottom coating have peeled away. Trump claims that vandals poured corrosive chemicals into the pool. But the National Park Service had dumped in hydrogen peroxide to kill the algae that had turned the pool green.
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Opening of Iran Talks Delayed
Friday, June 19, 2026
THE ISLAMABAD MEMORANDUM: Switzerland postponed a set of talks between the US and Iran that was set for today following an Israeli attack on Hezbollah militants after four of its soldiers were killed. A ceasefire in Lebanon is part of the …
Read moreTrump Signs Iran Deal
Thursday, June 18, 2026
THE ISLAMABAD MEMORANDUM: It sounds like the title of a John le Carré novel but that’s the name of the deal that would give Iran $300 billion for reconstruction, lift restrictions on their oil exports, and allow 60 days to talk about the …
Read moreObjects in the Rearview Mirror
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
THE WAR ROOM: President Trump said while at the G-7 summit in France that he hopes the war with Iran would soon be in the “rearview mirror” although he does not have a permanent or detailed peace agreement. “We’re dealing with …
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It's Been Said
"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."
- Donald Trump courting the vote of the Christian right
