Drainage Debunks Trump's Reflecting Pool Vandal Claims
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Trump’s repeated claims that vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are undermined by reporting and expert analysis showing the pool’s issues stem from a botched renovation repair; the pool was drained to inspect damage, revealing peeling lining at seams rather than a massive vandal-created gash, with experts attributing the failures to application errors. The FBI is assisting the investigation as renovation costs balloon to roughly $14.7 million, while Trump continues to push unverified vandalism claims on Truth Social.
- Humiliated Trump Makes Bonkers Claim About Reflecting Pool Damage The Daily Beast
- Reflecting Pool peeling probably caused by application flaws, experts say The Washington Post
- F.B.I. Evidence Team Visits Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool The New York Times
- Trump Again Decries ‘Deranged’ Reflecting Pool Vandals—With Scant Evidence Forbes
- Drained Reflecting Pool shows Trump's ‘American flag blue' liner now closer to gray NBC4 Washington
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