FACT FOCUS: Trump Says Obama and Biden Spent ‘Hundreds of Millions’ on Reflecting Pool. They Did Not

Fact-checking Trump on National Mall's Reflecting Pool renovations

As President Donald Trump delves into several projects to remake the monumental core of the nation’s capital, PolitiFact fact-checks statements he’s made about renovations he’s ordered for the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool.

FACT FOCUS: Trump says Obama and Biden spent ‘hundreds of millions’ on reflecting pool. They did not

In April, President Donald Trump announced a project to revamp the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, hiring a contractor to coat its massive granite basin at a cost of what he said would be $1.5 million. He criticized his predecessors’ efforts to fix the site at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, claiming they spent “hundreds of millions of dollars.” Read more...

President Trump Shuts Down Critics With Photos Of Reflecting Pool Being Brought ‘Back To Life’

Although he has continually pursued efforts to beautify and upgrade the White House and DC in general while in office, President Donald Trump’s critics are always waiting to disparage such renovation projects just because he’s associated with them. One prime example involves the iconic Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial, which had fallen into disrepair before the Trump administration’s recent efforts. Trump took to social media amid backlas…

Trump lashes out at major newspaper’s coverage of national landmark — calls report ‘fake and disgraceful’

President Donald Trump on Friday snapped at The New York Times for their obsessively biased reporting about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. For weeks, the Times has been pushing out hit piece after hit piece attacking the president’s plan to renovate and beautify the Reflecting Pool. One report complained about a company receiving a no-bid contract to fix leaks in the pool, while another report complained about the cost of the renovation r…

Trump defends revamp of Reflecting Pool: ‘It was a disgusting, garbage strewn dump’

President Trump on Friday defended his administration‘s renovations of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, taking aim at media coverage that has been critical of the project.  “Finally, we have professionals doing the right job for a tiny fraction of the money that has been spent, and The Failing New York Times continues to demean the…