Trump Shares Wild Ai Video Of Him Filling Dc Reflecting Pool With Tears

Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has embraced artificial intelligence connected Truth Social, posting a dependable watercourse of synthetic contented that glorifies himself while mocking his rivals. There was Barack Obama’s arrest. Trump dumping excrement connected protestors. And Trump styled arsenic Jesus.

His latest AI station takes a surreal turn: a video depicting himself refilling nan Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool pinch quality tears.

In nan six-second clip, shared Thursday evening, nan 79-year-old president is shown gripping a hose attached to a vessel encasing a person’s head. The vessel appears half-filled pinch tears, which travel done nan hose and into nan excavation arsenic Trump smiles.

It appeared to reference nan wide circulated “Liberal Crying Woman” video, which shows a female successful a greenish overgarment screaming during Trump’s first inauguration successful 2017.

Truth Social users ate it up.

“It is awesome to person a president that is truthful smart and truthful full that he tin make specified jokes,” wrote 1 commenter, while different chimed in: “Scientists are calling this a breakthrough successful renewable h2o sources!”

The president’s station came arsenic workers began filling nan Reflecting Pool connected Thursday, pursuing weeks of renovations to overgarment nan bottommost of nan basin successful “American emblem blue.”

The Republican president announced nan task successful April, saying he was prompted to enactment aft a friend complained astir nan pool’s condition. He besides faulted his Democratic predecessors, accusing them of allowing nan astir 2,000-foot Reflecting Pool to autumn into disrepair.

According to The New York Times, nan Trump management awarded a no-bid statement typically reserved for urgent situations to nan president’s longtime contractor, described arsenic his “pool guy,” to transportation retired nan repairs.

“This task is now being completed astatine ‘Trump Speed’ to guarantee nan iconic landmark is wholly restored up of nan 250th celebrations,” White House Spokesperson Taylor Rogers antecedently said successful a connection to The Independent.

Trump estimated nan task would costs up to $2 million, but national records show contracts tied to nan activity full astatine slightest $14.8 million.

Despite nan escalating value tag, nan repairs do not reside nan pool’s underlying plumbing system, which, if compromised, could let algae to overtake nan basin, nan Times reported.

On Thursday, nan White House shared photos of nan excavation being refilled, penning connected X: “The h2o is ON, nan Reflecting Pool is reflecting, and D.C. is looking amended than ever. We are truthful back. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP.”

A tribunal filing from nan management indicates nan excavation will beryllium filled by Sunday.

It’s conscionable 1 of nan galore changes nan erstwhile existent property developer has made to nan nation’s capital. Since returning to office, he’s paved complete nan Rose Garden, started activity connected a White House ballroom and unveiled plans to erect a 250-foot triumph arch connected nan banks of nan Potomac.