White House sinkhole is no more

Local 10 ^ | 5/30/18 | BETSY KLEIN

[Libloather]

WASHINGTON (CNN) - There was a plant and a cover-up Tuesday at the White House.

The sinkhole steps from the briefing room on the North Lawn was filled in with concrete, the surrounding area covered with dirt and a fresh layer of sod.

The sinkhole, which was first spotted a week ago Saturday following days of heavy rainfall, became a social media sensation, but the first family, staff, reporters and visitors to White House grounds were never in any immediate danger.

[Libloather]

West suspects the sinkhole resulted from previous construction on the lawn. This particular stretch of grass has had its share of disruption over the years; during the Obama administration, the lawn was excavated and under construction for months.

Wasn't Hussein building an underground bunker and everyone was told to shaddap about it?

[Ann Archy]

I don’t know what was being built, but something was going on a few years ago.

[Flick Lives]

Reporters could be made useful. They could be dropped in the sinkhole.

[Lisbon1940]

So much for that metaphor.