Trump shares a media post on Truth Social
Trump truth Social post containing 2 videos. Video transcript Splish splash, we're giving DC a bath. 47 spent 14 million restoring the reflecting pool. It used to be a national embarrassment. It leaked, it smelled, it barely reflected. He wanted to make i
WASHINGTON D.C. — Truth Social post containing 2 videos.
Video transcript Splish splash, we’re giving DC a bath. 47 spent 14 million restoring the reflecting pool. It used to be a national embarrassment. It leaked, it smelled, it barely reflected.
Donald J. Trump shared video footage on Truth Social showing individuals allegedly destroying the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s lining in June 2026. Although Trump attributed the damage to vandalism, federal prosecutors later concluded that the peeling was caused by a botched installation by the contractor.
Truth Social post containing 2 videos.
Video transcript Splish splash, we’re giving DC a bath. 47 spent 14 million restoring the reflecting pool. It used to be a national embarrassment. It leaked, it smelled, it barely reflected. He wanted to make it beautiful again because we deserve it. Not because of who we are, but because it’s our birthday. But the left party poopers and Prime Time’s got the tapes. The Department of Interior gave us a look at individuals suspect of vandalizing the reflecting pool. Now, we haven’t been able to verify the video, but take a look. June 19th, a male, blue shirt, reaches in, stays there for a little while. He goes back down, comes back up multiple times. What’s he doing? Then a female, white tote bag, she reaches in. Needs a better angle, sets the bag down, dives in a little deeper. And we don’t know who these people are. No one was stopped or questioned by police, so no arrests. And we don’t have the police report yet. But what are they doing with their hands in the pool? Are they cutting the lining? Are they peeling off the paint? Now, we don’t know if they’re committing a crime. They’ll probably tell you they dropped their wedding ring. The Department of Interior says this, quote, “In the video, you’re seeing two suspects observed destroying and removing a piece of the lining and attempting destruction of the lining.” This incident took place on June 19th, 2026, and we are investigating. Destroying, injuring, defacing, or removing cultural or architectural resources is a federal crime. The media, who’s been covering liberals destroying public property for decades, believe the reflecting pool’s off limits. They’ve toppled statues of our founders, spray-painted monuments, burned the church outside the White House, but they think Trump was the one who destroyed the reflecting pool. Check this out. That American flag blue paint, it’s peeling away. The 14 million dollar job to redo the bottom of this reflecting pool is falling apart before our eyes. The algae is still here, but the paint appears to be going away. Maybe the contractors screwed up the pool and they’re fixing it. But we have a hunch there was also foul play. And we could be wrong, but we’re seeing preliminary reports alleging vandalism. Incident one, June 9th. A week after they started filling it with water, the report says someone slashed a 20 foot (about 6.1 meters) section of the liner overnight. Razor blade slashes. The New York Times described them as two 171 foot (about 52.1 meters) blade cuts. They also ripped the fence tops off and threw them into the pool. Then June 19th, a witness watched a man recording himself on his phone while ripping the liner with his bare hands. A Park Service employee told him to stop. He said they were, quote, “Awfully sensitive about the pool” and kept going. The National Guard had to physically stop him. When they searched him, his hands and gloves were wet. He was charged with four counts. Turns out that suspect is an Olympian, the guy I showed you last night, the canoeist who says he did nothing wrong.
Other Voice Well, the police report says otherwise.
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