Trump: 'no video or proof' of alleged Pool vandalism
President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that there was "no video or proof" of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after weeks of claiming that damage to the pool's surface was the deliberate work of saboteurs.
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... "There was substantial other damage to the Reflecting Pool, also but, unfortunately, there is no video or proof, other than the damage, itself," Trump wrote on social media on Sunday. ... Trump also said that there was "some contractor error done by rushing the job for a July 4th opening." The president said that contractors were "working on the Pool, and it will reopen shortly," but said that "it was a very small area of this massive Pool" which was damaged, calling it "relatively inconsequential." ...
Trump also said that there was "some contractor error done by rushing the job for a July 4th opening."
The president said that contractors were "working on the Pool, and it will reopen shortly," but said that "it was a very small area of this massive Pool" which was damaged, calling it "relatively inconsequential." ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-10 01:26 PM | Reply
Wait, what?
Didn't Pres Trump say he had video evidence of people in the Pool making a massive 300 foot-long cut in the liner?
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-10 01:27 PM | Reply
TACO Pool Party!
#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-10 02:35 PM | Reply
Andrew Weinstein @Weinsteinlaw
The chilling thing about the Trump administration falsely accusing David Hearn is what it reveals: they have no hesitation targeting ordinary American citizens when it serves their agenda.
It's the same playbook they used with Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and countless others.
The pattern is unmistakable.
When the truth becomes inconvenient, they pick a citizen, invent a villain, and count on the wreckage to advance their interests.
This is an administration willing to inflict real harm on ordinary people to protect its own power.
#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-10 02:37 PM | Reply
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