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Trump Urges Pirro To 'Revisit' Decision To Drop Charges Against Accused Reflecting Pool Vandal After New Photos Emerge
Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness,
President Trump on Friday urged U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “revisit” her decision to drop charges against an accused Reflecting Pool vandal after new photos shared on social media, showed clear signs of vandalism.
The Department of Justice dismissed the case on August 1 after the Department of the Interior had concluded there were many flaws with the renovation project, including lining that appeared to begin peeling days after installation.
The president on Monday railed against the decision, telling reporters in the Oval Office that Pirro had “made a mistake,” and insisting “there was vandalism.”
Trump conceded that he was not “100 percent thrilled with the contractor,” but made clear that he was disappointed in Pirro.
“Frankly, I think she choked,” Trump said.
“Because the judge was really vicious. Instead of going after the people that did it, the judge went after her and went after her department, and I guess she choked. I don’t know what the hell happened.”
“I was disappointed with Jeanine Pirro!” Trump later fumed.
“Really disappointed with Jeanne Pirro! She folded like an umbrella! And people get away with things, and it’s a disgrace!”
The president, met with Pirro later Monday, according to Politico, and told reporters Tuesday night, he hadn’t yet made a decision on whether to fire her.
In an interview with NBC News Thursday, Trump reiterated that Pirro had made a “terrible mistake” and insisted “there was tremendous vandalism.”
Freelance photographer journalist Andrew Leyden shared the previously unseen photos of the damage on social media, Friday.
“Cuts in the expansion joints on the side of the Reflecting Pool are visible today after NPS removed a fence that has blocked the view since June,” Leyden wrote on X. “The contractor reported this to Park Police as vandalism but we have not been able to photograph until now due to the fences.”
Leyden, a photojournalist for The New York Times, has extensively documented the Reflecting Pool’s condition and has concluded that the damage stemmed from construction flaws rather than vandalism.
In his Truth Social post Friday, Trump reiterated his claim that the material was cut “300 feet or more” and people were seen on video “on their knees with their hands in the water” cutting the liner exactly where the photos show the damage. The president also launched an attack on the defense team, labeling notorious lead attorney Norm Eisen a “TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG” and “complete LUNATIC.”
Eisen, who served as special counsel during Trump’s first impeachment in 2019, has filed or worked on over two dozen lawsuits against Trump.
Trump further alleged that the “gentleman involved,” former Olympian David Hearn, is a “big player” in ActBlue, the notoriously sketchy Democrat fundraising platform co-founded by Eisen. ActBlue is currently under active investigation by multiple congressional Republican committees over alleged fraudulent donations, illicit foreign contributions, money laundering, and obstruction of congressional probes.
Additionally, in October 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) petitioned the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to take immediate action to “close fundraising loopholes that jeopardize American election integrity” following his investigation into ActBlue.
“Now that people are able to see it up close, they are reporting pure VANDALISM at The Reflecting Pool," Trump posted on Truth Social. “Thank you Andrew Leyden for your observation!”
The material was cut right where the video tape showed, for 300 feet or more. People were on their knees with their hands in the water at the exact location of the “slashes.” Additionally, there were witnesses to the VANDALISM, and the flexible areas of the material were cut with a knife. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the “gentleman” involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen, and CREW, a group that uses “charity” for political purposes which is, to the best of my knowledge, ILLEGAL! I have been beating Eisen, a complete LUNATIC, in Court for 10 years, or more. He just keeps coming, but I always WIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP."
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Hillary Clinton Warns Dems: GOP's Anti-Communist Messaging "Very Effective" As Marxist Hijack Party
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Kara Swisher on the "Pivot" podcast that Republicans are deploying what she called a "very effective" anti-communist attack against the Democratic Party's rising class of far-left candidates, who are increasingly defeating establishment Democrats in primary races.
Clinton told Swisher that Abdul El-Sayed's narrow victory in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary is a wake-up call for the party. She said El-Sayed must unite the party by winning over supporters of moderate Rep. Haley Stevens and reassuring independent voters ahead of his general election contest against Republican Mike Rogers.
"The real fight will be, how do we make sure that people who voted for Haley feel comfortable voting for Abdul El-Sayed, and how do we get independents to feel comfortable," Clinton said.
"It's not just about Michigan, but the Republican messaging is 'communist, socialist.' It's going to be a very effective attack," she warned, adding, "People on the left have to be prepared to answer that and be effective in answering that."
💥NEW: Hillary Clinton: "It's not just about Michigan — but the Republican messaging is: 'communist, socialist.' It's gonna be a VERY effective attack." pic.twitter.com/PS6ObKoZli
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) August 7, 2026Clinton said President Trump's repeated use of "communist" and "socialist" labels was likely informed by polling and shouldn't be dismissed by the Democratic left. She said El-Sayed campaigned on Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, ending US aid to Israel, and raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires, positions that could alienate moderate voters.
Hitler was a left-wing socialist https://t.co/fmyD3fMGkD
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 8, 2026The Democratic Socialists of America's "Dismantle America From Within" platform is an odd political pitch when most Americans simply want lower prices and lower taxes.
Clinton's warning comes one month after Mark Penn, the former chief White House pollster and strategic advisor to President Bill Clinton for six years, used a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled "The Socialist Threat Is Real" to warn about far-left radicals hijacking the Democratic Party.
Penn's warning was very blunt: "America will be in serious trouble if Democrats fail to defend their party."
He added, "Lawmakers, law-enforcement agencies and journalists should investigate the Democratic Socialist of America to see if foreign governments and interests are funding it."
Another Clinton insider, Jamie Metzl, who served in the Clinton White House, sounded the alarm about "radical extremists" known as DSA:
I am a lifelong Democrat. I served on President Clinton's National Security Council and in the State Department under Madeleine Albright. I am also a lifelong human rights and civil rights advocate.
But every Democrat and every American should recognize that the DSA represents a fundamental threat to our party and our country.
This is not a story about a few idealists seeking to reduce healthcare costs. It is about a small group of radical extremists pursuing a strategy to take over the Democratic Party and ultimately our country in order to impose an agenda that would devastate our economy and fundamentally dismantle our system of government.
Don't take my word for it. Listen to the full conversation between Fox News' Martha MacCallum and New York City DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo and judge for yourself.
I am a lifelong Democrat. I served on President Clinton’s National Security Council and in the State Department under Madeleine Albright. I am also a lifelong human rights and civil rights advocate.
But every Democrat and every American should recognize that the DSA represents a…
Clinton is part of the Democratic establishment elite class that is fighting to preserve its grip on power as progressives and reformist socialists gain ground in local elections, with some openly promoting the dismantling of capitalism and running with anti-American rhetoric.
DSA Marxist leaders are hellbent on "destroying America from within."
Frank, Aaron, Hank and Sam are Communist insurgents, radicalized marxist revolutionaries hiding behind personal ideologies to justfy their 1A expressions of the right to promote the insurrection of the Constitutional Republic of the United States of America pic.twitter.com/XLzzjisOqd
— AnimalFarm1945 (Moshe) (@Farm1945A) July 6, 2026DSA spokesperson Hasan Piker tells followers to "kill capitalist" ...
Hasan Piker calls on his followers to kill capitalists:
“Yeah kill them! KiII those motherfuckers and murder those motherfuckers in the streets. Let the streets soak in their fucking red capitalist blood, dude.”
Democrats are campaigning with him. pic.twitter.com/YiZxGgRkgc
Hasan: "FLOOD illegals into the United States so they can 'f*ck your sisters and daughters' to 'destroy the white race'."
Hasan Piker says he wants to FLOOD illegals into the United States so they can "f*ck your sisters and daughters" to "destroy the white race"
I am demanding the Democratic Party voice PUBLICLY that they denounce Hasan Piker's comments.
If they don't, let this post be proof…
To understand the composition of competing forces within the American left, Karlyn Borysenko, who describes herself as an anti-communist analyst, produced the five-tiered "rainbow cake" view that ranges from establishment Democrats who favor incremental reform within capitalism to revolutionary socialists seeking to abolish capitalism and destroy the nation from within.
Tiers 4 and 5, the DSA, the Mamdanis, the Hasan Pikers, the El-Sayeds, and the list goes on and on, all under the DSA tent, are what the establishment fears.
Their ties to revolutionary Marxism and Islamists are what we said last week were "the gift that keeps on giving" for Republicans and their messaging.
🚨 HOLY CRAP!!
The witness just exposed that Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El Sayed (D) is connected to TERRORISTS and the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
"I look at the connections that his father-in-law, Jukaku Tayeb, has TWO brotherhood-linked groups."
"This includes being the… pic.twitter.com/soqT5TuvfD
So why is the DSA so radical and why do they want to overthrow capitalism and the nation?
Well...
Remember in Decemeber 2025 we asked the question:
Seven months later:
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A multi-agency task force is already working to identify and disrupt far-left networks and potential foreign subversion linked to actors in Cuba, China, Europe, and the Middle East, including networks associated with Neville Roy Singham. The effort appears focused on the intersection of revolutionary Marxist movements, foreign influence operations, and domestic political destabilization.
The US has already witnessed political assassinations, attempted assassinations, riots, firebombings, and other militant operations by the far left, and the situation will only worsen because the Democratic Party allowed the far left to grow as it sought to bring more people into its tent. Now, the far left is eating the establishment alive.
We must remind readers that Colombia offers a warning of how far-left militancy can escalate into intimidation and violence. Trump-backed President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella has taken power, but ahead of Friday's inauguration, Marxist terrorist groups detonated vehicle bombs. When revolutionary movements cannot secure power through popular support, they often turn to coercion, intimidation, and political violence. That's exactly what's happening in the US.
The rise of the far left and Marxist revolutionaries inside the DSA that are hellbent on destroying capitalism and the nation has only been a gift to the Republicans...
America will NEVER be a communist country. pic.twitter.com/XUGJGHZe7n
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 7, 2026...who will be ramping up anti-communist messaging as the Red Scare is back.
Tyler Durden Sat, 08/08/2026 - 11:05