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DC Great Again: Historic Columbus Circle Fountain Flows For First Time In Years
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
The Trump administration continues to deliver tangible results in Washington, D.C.
Columbus Circle at Union Station is now clean, safe, and beautiful again, with its historic fountain restored and water flowing for the first time in years.
The ribbon was officially cut Thursday, and fencing around the circle comes down tomorrow, reopening the space to the public as a polished front door to the capital.
Columbus Circle at Union Station in D.C. is CLEAN & SAFE again!
THANK YOU @POTUS & @SecretaryBurgum! pic.twitter.com/DunGCzcjBg
The ribbon has been cut. Columbus Circle at Union Station is officially restored. The fencing around the circle will come down tomorrow, making it officially back open to the public. pic.twitter.com/BRqkL55eLJ
- Reagan Reese (@reaganreese_) May 28, 2026Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum celebrated the moment, posting side-by-side images.
Columbus Circle is a historic front door to Washington, D.C. and thanks to @POTUS, today it is once again ready to welcome the public! pic.twitter.com/nXetZR572W
- Secretary Doug Burgum (@SecretaryBurgum) May 28, 2026Before-and-after footage highlights the stark turnaround. Under the prior administration, the area sat neglected and rundown. Now it gleams with restored brick walkways and a working fountain.
Columbus Circle during Biden vs. Trump.
Decline is a choice. https://t.co/ZzCW4ijWvv pic.twitter.com/yE7iawFlCx
Weekly reminder: Decline is a choice. pic.twitter.com/LeFsjFqg3R
- The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 28, 2026DC before vs after Trump's restorations pic.twitter.com/j8CgBWi3Tx
- End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 28, 2026Donald Trump and Doug Burgum are on a generational run. My gosh. pic.twitter.com/8rIB6qeDdc
- johnny maga (@johnnymaga) May 28, 2026Never in my 13 years living in DC have I seen this fountain on.
Honestly, I don't think many Washingtonians thought it would ever come back, especially after last year's protests.
It's more beautiful than I expected. pic.twitter.com/V4wmQk23t3 pic.twitter.com/vE31yrRUD5
This restoration is part of a broader National Park Service initiative that has already brought more than 20 D.C. fountains back to life using upgraded materials, many looking better than when originally built.
People outside of DC don't realize what a transformation this is. Union Station used to be packed with drugged out zombies shambling around screaming at passersby, and barefoot, piss-soaked homeless people passed out on the floor. Columbus Circle right outside used to be a gross... https://t.co/THnYayRwVb pic.twitter.com/QtDKrsiKoF
- Payton Alexander (@AlexanderPayton) May 28, 2026The Columbus Circle project, part of a larger $54 million effort targeting seven major fountains, aligns directly with President Trump's executive order to make the District of Columbia safe and beautiful ahead of America's 250th anniversary.
The transformation echoes what Americans saw just weeks ago at Meridian Hill Park, where a long-dry cascading fountain now flows powerfully and families - including blue-haired liberals - have returned to enjoy the clean, safe space.
President Trump is also personally overseeing the overhaul of the granddaddy of them all: the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The 2,500-foot-long landmark, plagued by leaks, grime, and decay since its construction in 1922, is being thoroughly cleaned, repaired, and resurfaced.
Trump shared a striking rendering of how the pool will glow in deep American flag blue as work advances.
President Trump just shared this stunning image on Truth Social:
The Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool glowing in deep American flag blue.
Trump is having the Reflecting Pool thoroughly cleaned, repaired, and restored so it will once again be a true thing of beauty - ... pic.twitter.com/5H2hj9Yjwd
The contrast could not be clearer. For years, Democrat-led neglect turned key public spaces into eyesores overrun by encampments, trash, and graffiti. Now, under Trump, beauty, order, and civic pride are returning. Crime is dropping. Encampments are clearing. Families are reclaiming their city.
Decline was a choice. Action, strength, and American pride are the alternative - and the results are already visible on the streets of the nation's capital.
As more landmarks come back online, the message is unmistakable: America is being made beautiful again, one restored fountain at a time.
Meanwhile, leftists are losing it over this image of work being done at the White House, along with a temporary structure being built for the forthcoming UFC event as part of the 250th celebrations.
Leftists losing it over this image. Do they walk around cities clutching their pearls when they see buildings being constructed? https://t.co/sTKTh5udzn
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Will Blue Origin's Vaporized Rocket Set Back Amazon Leo's Satellite Rollout
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Amazon Leo needs 24 New Glenn launches to close the gap with SpaceX's Starlink. NASA needs New Glenn for Artemis. Both timelines could've just been derailed simultaneously.
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Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Explodes On Florida Launchpad
Ahead of Thursday night's disastours static-fire test of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, Jeff Bezos' rocket company was planning to launch 48 Amazon Leo satellites, formerly Project Kuiper.
Amazon says it has completed 11 missions and launched more than 300 Leo broadband satellites. The next batch of 48 satellites was expected to be launched into LEO in early June, but last night's mishap is likely to have derailed those efforts.
🚀 Launch Alert | New Glenn's fourth launch will send 48 @AmazonLeo satellites into low Earth orbit as part of their growing broadband constellation. More details to come soon. pic.twitter.com/2jNAucrtPv
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) May 27, 2026Amazon Leo is a direct competitor to Elon Musk's Starlink internet service, which has more than 10,400 broadband satellites in space and ten million customers worldwide.
Growth is very fast (Starlink added millions in 2025 alone), with unofficial estimates putting the figure around 11–12 million by early to mid-May 2026.
One X user pointed out how "Blue Origin just vaporized a rocket, a launch pad, and Amazon's entire satellite deployment timeline in nine seconds."
NG-4 was supposed to fly on June 4, carrying 48 Amazon Leo satellites. That mission was the first of 24 contracted Blue Origin launches Amazon needs to build its Starlink competitor. Amazon has roughly 240 satellites in orbit against an FCC requirement of 1,618 by July 2026. They already filed for a two-year extension because they were falling short. Losing your primary heavy-lift rocket on the pad doesn't help that math.
The pad damage is the part people aren't thinking about. New Glenn carries roughly 2.4 million pounds of propellant. The explosion toppled one of LC-36's lightning protection towers. That launch complex took years to build and billions to outfit. You can manufacture a new rocket in months. You cannot rebuild a launch pad in months.
The cascade gets worse. Blue Origin's Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander is supposed to launch on New Glenn this fall for NASA's CLPS program. That mission is the pathfinder for Artemis III, which needs Blue Moon MK2 to fly on New Glenn in mid-2027 to land astronauts at the lunar south pole. Every month LC-36 sits damaged pushes Artemis further into the late 2020s.
Jeff Bezos has two companies betting on the same rocket. Amazon Leo needs 24 New Glenn launches to close the gap with Starlink. NASA needs New Glenn for Artemis. Both timelines just broke simultaneously, and LC-36 is on fire.
Blue Origin just vaporized a rocket, a launch pad, and Amazon's entire satellite deployment timeline in nine seconds.
NG-4 was supposed to fly June 4 carrying 48 Amazon Leo satellites. That mission was the first of 24 contracted Blue Origin launches Amazon needs to build its… https://t.co/Pz2Su6925C
However, as one X user explained, Bezos now has three options, and all three are, as he put it, "catastrophic":
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OPTION 1: REBUILD LC-36 FROM SCRATCH
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OPTION 2: BORROW OR BUY LAUNCH CAPACITY FROM A COMPETITOR
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OPTION 3: ABSORB THE DELAY AND KEEP INVESTING
🚨 🚨 BEZOS HAS 3 OPTIONS LEFT AFTER NEW GLENN'S LAUNCHPAD EXPLOSION. ALL 3 ARE CATASTROPHIC.
This is the moment nobody wants to talk about.
After years of development, a $1B+ heavy-lift rocket program, and a final ground test before Amazon's Kuiper satellite mission → Blue… pic.twitter.com/Kdsd1k3vBb
Amazon Leo has not yet released an official statement on the impacts of last night's mishap on future satellite launches.
Sigh, Delta.
Delta rejected adopting SpaceX's @Starlink on its fleet because it wanted to provide internet connectivity to passengers via the Delta Sync portal, instead of the Starlink-branded portal. Delta has since chosen to partner with Amazon's LEO.
This will result in Delta falling… pic.twitter.com/gTt8JrYx8R
Meanwhile, American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and others have announced contracts for Starlink.
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Explodes On Florida LaunchpadBlue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a static-fire test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX.
The firm was preparing the vehicle for its fourth launch, which was slated to deploy a batch of satellites for Amazon.com Inc.’s Leo, a rival satellite network to SpaceX’s Starlink. None of the satellites were on the rocket when it exploded, a spokesperson for Amazon said.
Blue Origin's New Glenn just blew up at LC-36 while attempting to Static Fire ahead of NG-4.https://t.co/tANS0dWyIH pic.twitter.com/PztxFoBqIw
— NSF - NASASpaceflight.com (@NASASpaceflight) May 29, 2026Blue Origin said the rocket experienced an “anomaly” during the test. All personnel have been accounted for and are safe, the company said.
We experienced an anomaly during today's hotfire test. All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) May 29, 2026Commenting on the explosion, which raised the valuation of SpaceX by tens of billions as one of its biggest competitors just saw its launch vehicle end up in a massive fireball, Elon said the event was "most unfortunate. Rockets are hard."
Most unfortunate. Rockets are hard.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 29, 2026New Glenn, which is key to Blue Origin’s plans for space exploration, is years behind schedule and has faced longer-than-expected waiting periods between flights. The explosion is the latest blow to its reputation as a reliable alternative to SpaceX’s Falcon 9.
The rocket is set to serve a key role in NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to send humans back to the moon. It is also one of an elite group of vehicles that is supposed to deliver the most critical US national security satellites for the Pentagon.
All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) May 29, 2026According to Bloomberg, the Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, said it is aware of the failure and there was no impact to air traffic. The test was not within the scope of FAA licensed activities, the agency said, referring further questions to the company.
This angle is even crazier https://t.co/bDUuiafnTg pic.twitter.com/LuLG3frNw2
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 29, 2026Blue Origin recently launched New Glenn on its third flight in April. The rocket successfully took off and the vehicle’s booster landed on a company barge at sea. However, the upper portion of the rocket experienced an issue in space and didn’t achieve enough thrust, failing to put the satellite it was carrying for AST SpaceMobile Inc. into the proper orbit. Ultimately, the satellite fell back to Earth and burned up in the atmosphere.
The FAA had recently approved Blue Origin’s investigative report that analyzed the issue on the third flight, and the company said corrective measures had been implemented.
Insane footage filmed from a nearby restaurant shows tonight’s explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 (LC-36). pic.twitter.com/2jahDKHKhq
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 29, 2026 Tyler Durden Fri, 05/29/2026 - 09:08