{"id":3518,"date":"2026-07-15T04:16:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:16:57","slug":"cnn-destroys-trumps-reflecting-pool-claim-in-live-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3518","title":{"rendered":"CNN Destroys Trump\u2019s Reflecting Pool Claim in Live Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>CNN cast doubt on one of President Donald Trump\u2019s central claims about the damage done to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3516\">Trump\u2019s 24-Karat Failure in D.C. Graphically Exposed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Showing footage of the pool, which was drained on Monday after weeks of quick-fix repairs failed to resolve the pool\u2019s myriad problems, CNN host John King noted on Tuesday night that it was not immediately obvious where the pool had been slashed.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cCNN could not readily see evidence of that large gash President Trump claims vandals cut into the pool, causing its liner to peel,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Trump has repeatedly insisted that part of the pool\u2019s problems stemmed from acts of vandalism, doing so again as recently as Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe drained the beautiful \u2018Reflecting Pool\u2019 today in order to fix the scars and damage that was done by the Vandals two weeks ago,\u201d the 80-year-old wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe slashes were 300 yards long, and the floor of the pool was cut and then pulled upward, with great force, by these thugs,\u201d he added, explaining that this meant the National Park Service had to drain the pool in order to fix the water-tight basin. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be refilled and put back into service soon,\u201d the president assured his supporters before once again calling for the vandals responsible to be punished.<\/p>\n<p>Referencing the president\u2019s Truth Social post, King noted that 300 yards is significantly longer than the 250-foot cut Trump claimed had been made last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social on June 20.<\/p>\n<p>The segment then crossed to Tom Foreman, who was reporting live from the Reflecting Pool. Foreman said there was no sign of any of the vandalism Trump has claimed occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no sign of anything like that, there\u2019s just nothing like that. Not only is that true, but the president himself made such wildly conflicting statements about this new liner that it calls into question any complaint of damage or vandalism now,\u201d Foreman told King.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3514\">Man Hit by Truck in Latest Deadly Encounter With ICE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNN then played a clip of the president claiming that the pool lining could not be cut by a knife because it was \u201cso strong, so powerful,\u201d followed immediately by a clip of him talking about the gash supposedly made by a box cutter or knife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn May, he said you could not damage it with a knife, and in June he said, it was obviously done with a knife,\u201d Foreman noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, John, there\u2019s just nothing here that proves that, or even looks like that happened.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Problems began when the government awarded a no-bid contract to renovate the pool to a Virginia company that had previously worked on a swimming pool at one of Trump\u2019s golf clubs. <\/p>\n<p>While the project was initially estimated to cost $1.8 million, costs ballooned to over $14 million. Far from looking blue for the Fourth, the pool turned a deep green due to a persistent algal bloom that did not respond to attempts to address it. <\/p>\n<p>The failed renovations even came with a body count, after three dead ducks were found floating in the pool and a nearby pond last month.<\/p>\n<p>The president has repeatedly blamed vandals for the pool\u2019s problems and has bragged about the number of arrests made by authorities patrolling the area, including one former Olympian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany additional people have been arrested having to do with the disgraceful Vandalism of our beautiful Reflecting Pool,\u201d Trump wrote on June 20.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWhat these terrible Vandals have done is a true affront to both Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and should be dealt with accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3512\">Trumpy Governor Busted Attempting Flex in Traffic Stop<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN cast doubt on one of President Donald Trump\u2019s central claims about the damage done to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in a new report. 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