Trump Says Reflecting Pool Looks 'Perfect' Amid Vandalism Claims
Trump says six people were arrested as crews repair the pool after algae, peeling paint and a disputed vandalism claim.
- President Donald Trump claims vandals used knives to damage the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after a $16.4 million renovation, citing peeling paint and algae blooms as evidence of deliberate sabotage.
- The pool reopened on June 6 after a project awarded through no-bid contracts to companies with administration ties. Problems including green algae and peeling paint emerged within two weeks of completion.
- Internal documents reported by The New York Times show National Park Service workers found two 171-foot blade cuts unrelated to the peeling paint or algae. Experts attribute the failures to trapped moisture and adhesion issues.
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt cited 17 police reports and six arrests to support vandalism claims, yet the administration has not provided public evidence linking specific suspects to damage.
- Trump has mocked critics as proalgae activists, framing opposition as politically driven while the project becomes an emblem of systemic incompetence and cronyism the administration has attempted to mask.
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Trump isn't the disease — he's the symptom America needs to confront
The president contaminated the Reflecting Pool that's in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Donald Trump had the bottom of it painted blue in celebration of himself, er, America's 250th anniversary. The $14-million paint job is now peeling. Algae is blooming. Efforts to kill it with hydrogen peroxide have made it look like a giant Mark Rothko painting. The Times reported that the White House gave the task of "refurbishing" the pool to a firm tied to…
By Daniel Dale, CNN President Donald Trump has generated a confusing mix of unsubstantiated and demonstrably false claims about the reflecting pond of the Lincoln Monument. Trump began to assert over the weekend, without presenting evidence, that the visible problems in the pond were caused by “vandals” and not by the recent accelerated repair project that, according to him, would make the pond “much more beautiful” than it was when it was built…
Report: Reflecting Pool 'Looking Good' After Algae, Alleged Vandalism
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was seen "looking good" after reports of algae and alleged vandalism on the recently renovated pool, according to a report from TMZ. The post Report: Reflecting Pool Seen ‘Looking Good’ After Algae, Alleged Vandalism appeared first on Breitbart.
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