The Receipt Said "Our Fault." The Podium Said "Vandals."
The contractor signed the confession. The president still blamed the people in handcuffs.
Source article: Reflecting pool contractor admits installation flaws in its repair plan.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- construction and property, government policy, crime, law and justice, politics, prosecution
- Primary entities
- Lincoln Memorial, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, Donald Trump, Department of the Interior, Department of Justice, The New York Times, The Guardian, Washington D.C.
- Themes
- Government accountability, Federal contracting, National monuments, Presidential statements
- Floor values engaged
- Truthfulness, Accountability of power, Informed citizenship