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Week in politics: continued negotiations with Iran; G7 summit; Reflecting Pool issues
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Week in politics: continued negotiations with Iran; G7 summit; Reflecting Pool issues Week in politics: continued negotiations with Iran; G7 summit; Reflecting Pool issues There continues to be uncertainty over negotiations. At the same time, the Trump administration continues to aggravate allies.
Open article →On Wednesday, the crew at MS NOW’s Morning Joe continued to react to the possible end of the Iran War in a segment that was began as an attack on the renovations to the reflecting pool on the National Mall. At the lead of the 7 AM, with a zoom in of the National Mall Reflecting Pool to the tune of “Green River,” co-host Mika Brzezinski remarked about the “algae-filled reflecting pool,” and Scarborough joked the “green algae adds a nice little contrast to it.” Brzezinski called the situation a “little bit of a metaphor,” before co-host Joe Scarborough turned to call the pool a “great habitat for insects of all kinds. He then remarked, “kids can go to the reflecting pool. Of course, they'll need to wear their masks, you know, their mosquito masks and - you know, and maybe walking mosquito tents. But still, what - it will be - it certainly adds a new dimension to walking down the mall right in the summer.” Wednesday's Morning Joe joked about the new algae in the DC reflecting pool, as Joe Scarborough remarked that kids will need "mosquito masks" to visit. — Nick (@nspin310) June 17, 2026 Willie Geist then implied the visitors will now have to take "all their vaccines" and "malaria pills." pic.twitter.com/c5PwUZ9k1R It should be noted bugs have been an issue at the pool for many years, as according to this 2022 report on midges. Also, the use of hydrogen peroxide, a new cry from those against pool changes, has occurred before the second Trump term, including under Biden in 2022. Co-host Willie Geist turned and said everyone said the pool changes were a bad idea: And if only someone, everyone or people who know things had spoken up and said, ‘Well, if you painted a lighter color, it attracts more sunlight, it gets hotter, and it grows algae. That's a terrible idea. There's a reason we had it painted that way for all these years.’ If only someone had said that. He then implied the project was done only because Trump wanted to give someone a renovation project: “All the experts did say that. But Donald Trump had a pool guy. He wanted to give a contract to, right?” Scarborough then closed the segment with a comparison of the reflecting pool to the Iran War: "...it's just like the Iran War, if people had only said this might have ended badly going into Iran." — Nick (@nspin310) June 17, 2026 Mika responded with laughter: "Oh my gosh!" https://t.co/kYjkSL9meC pic.twitter.com/ZOqAO3ujG1 After Giest was finished, Scarborough decided to connect it all to the Iran War: Well, I mean, if it's just like the Iran war, people have only said this might have ended badly going into Iran - As Scarborough seemed serious in his comparison, Brzezinski laughed at his comments and remarked, “Oh my gosh!” which was paired with laughter as she tried to regain composure. The freakout over changes to a poll that has had issues for many years has managed to still have taken up cover on many channels, including some of the big three of broadcast news, over more in-depth stories. The transcript is below. Click "expand": MS NOW’s Morning Joe June 17, 2026 7:00:43 AM Eastern MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Live look at Washington, D.C., and the algae-filled reflecting pool for you there. As we wake up on this Wednesday morning, top of the second hour— JOE SCARBOROUGH: Yeah. BRZEZINSKI: — of Morning Joe, June 17th. So pretty, Joe. JOE SCARBOROUGH: I think it adds really - I think the green algae adds a nice little contrast to it. So, you know, it'd be boring— BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. SCARBOROUGH: — if it were just blue and nice like it used to be. So, the green algae kind of - BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. SCARBOROUGH: You know, you can kind of see it starting to kind of build and grow the center of it all. BRZEZINSKI: A little bit of a metaphor. Can't get it to go away. SCARBOROUGH: Listen, listen, this is going to be a great habitat for insects of all kinds. It's going to be very exciting. BRZEZINSKI: 100 percent. SCARBOROUGH: Kids can go to—you know, Willie, kids can go to the reflecting pool. Of course, they'll need to wear their masks, you know, their mosquito masks and - WILLIE GEIST: Yeah. SCARBOROUGH: You know, and maybe walking mosquito tents. But still, what - it will be - it certainly adds a new dimension to walking down the mall, right, in the summer. GEIST: Yeah. You just got to get all your vaccines, like for international travel, if you go on a safari— SCARBOROUGH: Yeah. GEIST: — or something, you got to take your Malaria pills— SCARBOROUGH: Yeah. GEIST: -- and all that kind of stuff. If you're going to walk past the reflecting pool due to the wildlife now in the insects that will be attracted. And if only someone, everyone, or people who know things had spoken up and said, “Well, if you painted a lighter color, it attracts more sunlight, it gets hotter, and it grows algae. That's a terrible idea. SCARBOROUGH: Yeah. GEIST: There's a reason we had it painted that way for all these years.” If only someone had said that. All the experts did say that. But Donald Trump had a pool guy he wanted to give a contract to. SCARBOROUGH: Well, I mean, if it's just like the Iran War, people have only said this might have ended badly going into Iran - BRZEZINSKI: [Laughter] Oh my gosh! SCARBOROUGH: - like, maybe - I do want to say this morning, though, just for people tuning in, there's thus far an unconfirmed report by Bloomberg, who has released the contents of the MOU draft— BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. SCARBOROUGH: — much of it has already been confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, confirmed by JD Vance. But Willie, I just want to go down to these numbers really quickly. Wall Street Journal talks about the ending of all sanctions, which is an extraordinary windfall that the Iranians could have never expected under any circumstances, certainly not before we began this disastrous war. JD Vance has admitted on TV to the 300 billion - he was asked about this $300 billion fund, which really is—it's reparations for Iran. It's as if we lost the war. $300 billion in the MOU language that we have seen, the draft language, says that the financing will be guaranteed by the United States of America.
Open article →The Department of the Interior declared victory Thursday in its war against algae at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and celebrated by comparing the cleanup to the destruction of the Iranian navy. The Reflecting Pool turned a vivid shade of green earlier this week, just days after President Donald Trump’s administration completed work aimed at restoring the monument the president had previously called “absolutely filthy.” Photos from earlier this week showed National Park Service employees combating the algae by dumping gallons of hydrogen peroxide into the bright green pool. Recommended Stories “The advanced nanobubbler technology very effectively killed the algae that has plagued every Lincoln Reflecting Pool reopening — most infamously Obama’s reopening — since 1922,” the department posted on social media. The reflecting pool has battled algae blooms for decades, thanks to Washington’s swampy summers, shallow water, and lack of shade around the memorial. But after spending the week looking more swamp than monument, the pool is returned to its intended blue hue, according to the Interior Department. The success was compared to the destruction of the Iranian navy. “The Reflecting Pool water is crystal clear, and our National Park Service team is now vacuuming up the dead algae resting on the bottom of some parts of the Reflecting Pool — just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf,” the post said. TRUMP OFFICIALS BRUSH OFF ALGAE REAPPEARING IN REFLECTING POOL AFTER WEEKSLONG RENOVATION Interior officials said the outbreak was caused by “residual” algae left in supply lines that sat dormant during eight weeks of construction. “What you are seeing is residual algae from the supply lines which have been sitting dormant for eight weeks while construction has been taking place,” an Interior Department spokesperson told the Washington Examiner earlier this week. “It’s part of the normal startup process.”
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