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Trump Goes Silent as DC Turns into Toxic Dumnp

Explore episode Jul 5, 2026

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The No-Bid Contractor Gets the Repair Job Too

At 21:40 · chapter starts 20:25

The coda to the reflecting pool saga comes from a brief John Karl-assisted clip in which the logical follow-up question is finally asked: will the repair contract be put out to new bids, or will the same company be rehired? Burgum's answer is unambiguous — the same contractor, no new bids. His rationale: they did a fantastic job. When the damage they oversaw is acknowledged as potentially costing 'tens of thousands of dollars' and rising to the level of a felony, the decision to hand them the repair without competition is, at minimum, a question worth asking. Meiselas notes it without belaboring the point, moving on to the Netanyahu segment.

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