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Lincoln Reflecting Pool Refurbished with $14.2M Renovation, Trump Self-Praises

6/11/2026

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Workers applied a dark-blue-tinted waterproof coating to the Reflecting Pool’s concrete floor as part of a $14.2 million renovation.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was refilled, with water reaching the sides and filling the deepest center.
U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media thanking himself for making the pool functional, claiming it never worked properly since its 1922 opening.

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Workers applied a dark-blue-tinted waterproof coating to the Reflecting Pool’s concrete floor as part of a $14.2 million renovation.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was refilled, with water reaching the sides and filling the deepest center.
U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media thanking himself for making the pool functional, claiming it never worked properly since its 1922 opening.