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Trump says Reflecting Pool 85 percent full: 'Looking really good'

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23.10.2026

Trump says Reflecting Pool 85 percent full: ‘Looking really good’ 

President Trump said early Friday morning that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was 85 percent full and “looking really good” after months of a multimillion-dollar renovation project. 

The president also alleged in a Truth Social post shared shortly before 1 a.m. that the pool “hasn’t worked properly since 1922.”

“We have cameras set up to stop any potential Vandalism, including the grassed areas, which were destroyed by chemical poisoning with a large, and very inappropriate, phrase,” he continued, referencing a June etching of the numbers “86 97” on the ground near the World War II Memorial, which the Trump administration interpreted as a threat against the president. 

Trump added, “The grass was completely replaced!” 

Earlier this week, the president........

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