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.
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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
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