President Donald Trump has been accused of passing off weeks-old images of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as fresh evidence that his troubled multimillion-pound renovation is finally finished.
On Sunday, 5 July 2026, the president shared a run of Truth Social posts branding the pool 'crystal clear' and its refurbishment close to done. The wording and photographs he circulated had first surfaced on X on 17 June, around the same date the project was initially deemed complete.
