Donald Trump’s There are plans to renovate Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool The plan doesn’t seem to be going exactly as planned. Now, comedian seth meyers The President is under attack after the emergence of green algae in the pool. In his latest monologue, the late-night talk show host shared his thoughts on the reflecting pool turning green despite a recent million-dollar renovation, saying that Trump actually turned the iconic structure into a “swamp.”
Seth Meyers jokes about Donald Trump’s reflecting pool
Recently, on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the titular host criticized the Republican leader after the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green due to unprecedented algae growth.
Seth Meyers said, “Trump gave a no-bid contract to a friendly company with inflated profit margins for a project that no one asked for, and in the process, he took over an iconic American institution and turned it green.” June 17 episode Of his show.
Meyers then cut to a segment titled ‘The Metaphor Is Way Too Obvious’ and said, “You guys, the metaphor is pretty obvious. I mean, do I really need to spell it out for you? My whole job is to come out here and make ridiculous metaphors, but real life is already a metaphor.”
“He (Trump) said he was going to ‘drain the swamp,’ and he literally drained a pool or lake or small ocean and created an actual swamp. At this point, I could just give up and go to the Bahamas, so I can swim in a pool that’s actually turquoise… By the way, ‘puke green’ is not meant to be an insult created by the radical left or the crooked media. This is what the people in the reflecting pool are saying,” the 52-year-old comedian added.
Additionally, Seth Meyers also mocked Fox News reporters for trying to defend Donald Trump by claiming that the reflecting pool was still ‘American flag blue.’ “We can see it right behind you! It’s so green it looks like the Ninja Turtles are about to crawl out,” he joked.
Specifically, the Trump administration spent an estimated $15 million on the restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Originally reported by Apoorva Rastogi Mandatory.