Trump Posts 1986 Throwbacks on Truth Social as $14 Million Reflecting Pool Fix Faces Algae
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 14
Trump Posts 1986 Throwbacks on Truth Social as $14 Million Reflecting Pool Fix Faces Algae
1 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 14
Summary
Trump spent Saturday posting self-promotional Truth Social messages and throwback images, including a 1986 Fortune cover and a tribute to his role reviving Central Park’s Wollman Rink.
The posts cast him as a proven fixer even as the report contrasts them with current strains including the Iran war, rising gas prices, higher inflation, weak wages and mounting grocery costs.
One boast centered on his $14 million renovation of Washington’s Reflecting Pool, which the report says showed algae within days, while New York had already awarded the Wollman Rink contract to another operator in 2025.
The report also revisits Trump’s business record, citing six corporate bankruptcies, a $25 million Trump University settlement and a $1.375 million labor settlement tied to Trump Tower demolition work.
It frames the latest posts as part of a long-running self-made-success narrative that former NBC executives behind The Apprentice later said exaggerated Trump’s business achievements.