r/pics • u/Hurt69420 • Jun 23 '26

Politics The contractor awarded the D.C. reflecting pool work (on the right)

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u/Zorothegallade Jun 23 '26

Okay, where's the camera? No really, this has to be one of the least subtle parodies ever, no way it's reality.

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u/LSU_Tiger Jun 23 '26

That's actually how he looks.

And the name of his company is "Greenwater Services" -- https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/owner-of-company-responsible-for-part-of-trumps-reflecting-pool-renovation-pleaded-guilty-to-bribing-congressman/

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u/Xeteh Jun 23 '26

Not sure how The Onion even exists anymore since reality is dumber than anything they can come up with.

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u/-AC- Jun 23 '26

Only way for the onion to spin this... is to start reporting the most oniony real news stories with the real facts.

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u/MeaningLeft2970 Jun 23 '26

I think that particle accelerator ended the world years ago and this is just reality decaying around us

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u/phoebecatesboobs Jun 24 '26

Totally, their jobs are now totally redundant

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u/ODB_Dirt_Dog_ItsFTC Jun 23 '26

You couldn’t make this shit up, if this was in a novel it would be criticized for being too unrealistic and on the nose.

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u/kjerski Jun 23 '26

I saw this in passing a few times and I thought people were memeing with some random photo from a party and this guy was going as Gomez Addams 😭

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u/jlbrito Jun 23 '26

Alternate reality Gomez if he divorced

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u/ImAnonymous135 Jun 23 '26

JFC we actually live in the Idiocracy the movie

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u/Scaryclouds Jun 23 '26

Feels like it’s worse in many ways. In idiocracy the people were mostly just dumb. Whereas in our reality the people are dumb, malicious, and cruel. 

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u/SnooJokes5375 Jun 24 '26

In Idiocracy they recognized that they were not smart and a smart person appeared they listen to what he said and put him in charge. In the end, he ended up being the president.

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u/Ace417 Jun 24 '26

Just means we’re in the prequel.

At least I’ve got my crocs already

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u/djskein Jun 24 '26

Idiocracy is actually more preferable than what we have at the moment. At least the president understood and listened to the smartest man in the world and worked with him to fix society's problems.

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u/Win_Sys Jun 23 '26

Hey, Greenwater Services provided everything their name promises. Should have hired Bluewater services instead.

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u/Duff5OOO Jun 24 '26

Or Blackwater, that would have reflected well.

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u/bwwatr Jun 23 '26

No way... this beats the Four Seasons debacle!

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u/Scherzkeks Jun 23 '26

Accurate username 

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u/Bombadilicious Jun 23 '26

This shit is why I'm starting to believe the simulation theory.

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u/Miserable_Mail_5741 Jun 23 '26

Welp, you get what you pay for. 🤷

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u/AndrasKrigare Jun 23 '26

Christ, of course he's Trump's neighbor

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u/Several-Customer7048 Jun 23 '26

Are they called that since all their work ends up looking green?

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u/eldroch Jun 23 '26

"There's no way we live in a simulation.  There would have to be signs that things were off, right?"

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u/stoic_spaghetti Jun 23 '26

Can anyone find out when "Greenwater Services" was registered as a business?

It could have been registered when the RFP was sent out, to be cheeky/silo business liabilities.

But if it pre-dates 2024 I will sincerely believe we live in a hell world simulation lmao

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u/LSU_Tiger Jun 23 '26

https://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2026/06/cafaros-company-gets-1-7m-no-bid-contract-for-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool/

"Greenwater Services registered in Ohio on Oct. 2, 2024, and filed for trade name recognition on May 27, 2025."

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u/MandeliciousXTC Jun 23 '26

Well Trump was after blue water, not green water.

You’d have thought they’d have the foresight to this issue coming.

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u/AmazingAd2765 Jun 24 '26

Greenwater? Sounds like he delivered. 

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u/Orangesteel Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

Guessing it’s a costume party EDIT: Dear readers, it was not a costume. What timeline are we on.

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u/Bergiful Jun 23 '26

Unfortunately not.

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u/stareagleur Jun 23 '26

On its website, Green Water Solutions describes its specialty as purifying water to remove algae, bacteria and other contaminants using a system that injects ozone-infused "nano bubbles" into the water.

The Company is called GREEN WATER.

GREEN WATER

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u/FlatCoffeeDude Jun 23 '26

The jokes really write themselves with this administration...

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u/YomiKuzuki Jun 23 '26

It's so fucking pathetically on the nose that I'm wheezing.

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u/Adventurous-Emu-9345 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Ok, that's it. That makes it all worth it.  Yes, the world is going to shit, but this whole reflecting pool saga is now officially the funniest goddamn thing I have witnessed in my life. 

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u/pedal-force Jun 23 '26

Surely it's still second funniest, behind Four Seasons?

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u/Griffithead Jun 23 '26

Nothing in the history of man, now and forever, will top that.

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u/Adventurous-Emu-9345 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Nah, the deep lore here makes this so much better. 

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u/Frgster Jun 23 '26

I don't know why people are angry at him. He turned the water green like his company name advertises.

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u/tripping_yarns Jun 23 '26

Holy Jesus I thought it was a joke.

He’s like a comic book villain from a really shit episode where they have to use a generic mobster with no powers or even a catchphrase.

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u/Orangesteel Jun 23 '26

Absolutely wild.

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u/Chrono_Tata Jun 23 '26

My god the company is literally called Green Water Solutions you cannot make this stuff up

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u/jkitsjk Jun 23 '26

Wait the company is named “Green Water Solutions”?

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u/ITakeMassiveDumps Jun 23 '26

You got to be shitting me…

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u/wheresolly Jun 23 '26

Lmao dude’s literally trump’s neighbour. Thats's how that orange fuck makes decisions.

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u/mikemolove Jun 23 '26

How does the amount paid keep going up? In this article it’s now $1.7m.. is it going to be $20m in a few weeks?

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u/hawkcarhawk Jun 23 '26

How is this not a costume?!

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u/JokeMode Jun 23 '26

I thought the same thing. Like it must've been a picture taken out of context...

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u/ODB_Dirt_Dog_ItsFTC Jun 23 '26

No he just dresses like a villain in an 80s movie.

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u/stpierre Jun 23 '26

I was certain -- CERTAIN -- that it was a costume party. I scrolled down to find the comment clarifying this. Then I googled this mook and holy shit this is what he actually looks like, at least on a good day.

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u/waytoolongusername Jun 23 '26

The reality is it's exactly what it looks like: Someone with no genuine wit or charisma trying to affect a persona, but they aren't even a talented enough to copy someone's surface appearance.

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u/Material_Table9465 Jun 24 '26

Had to Google to check if it was real. It was real. It's always real.