Topline
President Donald Trump said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was in “full use” after being damaged from alleged vandalism, simultaneously announcing extensive renovations to Washington, D.C.’s East Potomac Golf Links public course would begin in September in a lengthy post on Truth Social—after he toured sites of his renovations around the capital, including the newly refurbished Lafayette Square.
Key Facts
The president repeated his claims that the pool was damaged by vandals who “cut and butchered a 350 foot long strip” in the basin that was previously “100% free of leaks.”
Trump confirmed the government planned to drain the pool after Independence Day, but claimed it is currently “working well” and“the criminally made algae is gone”—repeating a strange claim about vandals causing an algae bloom.
He also visited Lafayette Square, the park just north of the White House that was closed for renovations, insisting improvements to the park were almost complete.
He also inspected the East Potomac Golf Links, one of D.C.’s public municipal golf courses, which he lambasted as “badly damaged from years of neglect” with greens that are “virtually unplayable.”
Trump was seen touring the course, located at East Potomac Park, with golf course architect Tom Fazio, and claimed the renovated course would be challenging enough to host the U.S. Open and other golf tournaments.
Trump continued his fixation on D.C. Sunday afternoon, posting renderings of his ballrooms and a separate screed denouncing Democratic mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George as a “communist.”
