Trump Melts Down About ‘SCUM’ as Green Slime Takes Over Reflecting Pool
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters President Donald Trump has blasted “SCUM” for the green slime which has engulfed the Reflecting Pool—although not the single-cellular type rapidly spreading across it. The 47th president went on a social media ramble about the Linc...
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Trump Melts Down About ‘SCUM’ as Green Slime Takes Over Reflecting Pool
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters President Donald Trump has blasted “SCUM” for the green slime which has engulfed the Reflecting Pool—although not the sin...
