PRESIDENT Donald Trump has claimed that vandals have targeted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just days after the completion of its $14.7million makeover. The pool has been a headache for the president, who ordered the renovation to fix a long-term leak and fill it with "beautiful, clean" water while also repainti
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PRESIDENT Donald Trump has claimed that vandals have targeted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just days after the completion of its $14.7million makeover. The pool has been a headache for the president, who ordered the renovation to fix a long-term leak and fill it with "beautiful, clean" water while also repainti
President Donald Trump claims vandals damaged the recently renovated Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump is blaming "Vandalism" by "Radical Left Lunatics" for some of the struggles of his beloved Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool remodeling project. President Donald Trump blamed ABC reporter Jonathan Karl and vandals for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s peeling seal and algae growth after the Trump administration’s $15 million renovation.
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has claimed that vandals have targeted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just days after the completion of its $14.7million makeover. President Trump said that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized, comments that come on the heels of an algae bloom and peeling paint after the more than $14 million renovation.
Mother Jones reported the story as "The Reflecting Pool Mess Is Right Out of Trump's Destructive Playbook." New York Post reported the story as "Trump says vandals used chemicals to damage newly renovated reflecting pool near Lincoln Memorial."
6 sources have covered this story, including New York Post, Mother Jones, Washington Examiner and The Sun US and 2 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed 25 minutes ago.
Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 15 million, 14.7 million, 14 million); the published L1FE summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.
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Trump says vandals used chemicals to damage newly renovated reflecting pool near Lincoln Memorial
Trump blames ABC reporter and vandals for peeling Reflecting Pool and algae growth
Vandals tried to destroy Reflecting Pool with chemicals, Trump says, as problem-plagued landmark starts peeling
Trump says 'vandalism' caused Reflecting Pool's paint peeling
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[03] Disputed1 outlet on the fringes add framings not corroborated by mainstream coverage.
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