Trump falsely claims vandals destroyed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

President Trump contradicted his own renovation updates by claiming vandals destroyed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

President Donald Trump falsely claimed during a Georgia rally that vandals destroyed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and that the feature has never functioned. This statement contradicted his own social media post from days earlier praising the pool as nearly full following a multimillion-dollar renovation.

• The backgroundThe Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool recently underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation project.
• The prior claimPresident Trump stated on social media that the pool was 85 percent full and looking good.
• The contradictionThe president asserted at a midterm rally that the pool had never worked and was ruined by vandals.