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Letter: This is what it took for truth to come pouring out of the White House at last

A National Park Service employee uses a vacuum to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A National Park Service employee uses a vacuum to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

“My fellow Americans,

I was wrong about the Reflecting Pool. It turns out it was just shoddy work by the contractor and I apologize to David Hearn for the embarrassment and inconvenience it caused him. I’m also sorry about the tarp still hanging outside the Kennedy Center, but my ego just can’t let this one go. Also, when it comes to Iran, the economy and everything else going on, I take full responsibility. I staffed my Cabinet with men and women whose only qualification was ‘total loyalty to me.’ In retrospect, maybe “experience” should have been listed on their job applications. Making all these ‘decisions’ on my own makes me very sleepy.”

Whoa! That was quite a dream I just had.

Bill Owens, Sandy

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