President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages ...

Some social media users have speculated whether markings visible on the bottom of the pool were caused by Trump’s motorcade, ...

The president's motorcade drove through the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in early May 2026 to survey ongoing work ...

Critics zeroed in on photos of tire tracks scarring the floor of the newly drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, where ...

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A liner along the bottom of the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC was cut with a sharp knife or razor earlier this month, an official at the National Park Service has said. Frank Lands, deputy director ...

President Donald Trump said vandals sabotaged the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool by slashing its blue lining with a knife. The administration has provided no evidence to back up the ...

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President Donald Trump has created a murky mess of unproven claims and provably false claims about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The New York Times reported Tuesday that internal government ...

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Donald Trump has once again threatened to prosecute the supposed “vandals” he’s claiming have turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool into an algae-infested mess, with the paint job the government ...

President Donald Trump said Monday that repairs are underway at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, blaming the damage on a 300-foot gash and chemicals dumped into the water, as the administration ...