06/01/2026
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A longtime Washington DC resident, on camera in front of the newly restored Columbus Circle fountain:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐บ. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
This is the DC the Trump administration is quietly rebuilding while the national press is busy ๐๐๐๐ญ-๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ.
Three fountains restored. Polished marble. Blue water. ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง.
The DC of 2022 was filthy, broken-fountained, encampment-strewn. The DC of 2026 is ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ where local residents stop on the sidewalk to film the masonry.
๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ.