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2. Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool - FactCheck.org

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Ana Marie Cox
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Just to fact-check: Obama administration *did* oversee a overhaul of the pool. It cost $35M, not $100M, and the pool did reopen (uhm, obviously?). Trump also says Obama "took the water from it," one presumes to give away with all those phones.

https://www.factcheck.org/2026/06/trump-exaggerates-previous-spending-on-reflecting-pool/

Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool - FactCheck.org
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool began filling with water on June 4 following maintenance work that President Donald Trump called a "big project." Trump claimed that "the Biden administration and ...
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‪Aaron Rupar‬
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O'KEEFE: You said the guy was gonna do the reflecting poll in a week for about a million dollars. It's been two months and $16.5 million

TRUMP: Are you ready? Barack Hussein Obama

5:10 PM · Jun 22, 2026

Just to fact-check: Obama administration *did* oversee a overhaul of the pool. It cost M, not 0M, and the pool did reopen (uhm, obviously?). Trump also says Obama "took the water from it," one presumes to give away with all those phones.

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— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox.com) 2026-06-22T21:10:04.608Z

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