Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ripped President Donald Trump on Monday over his administration’s handling of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation, calling the troubled overhaul a "reflecting pool debacle" and accusing the president of obsessing over a vanity project while Americans struggle with rising costs.
Schumer Says Trump Has His Priorities Backward Schumer shared a clip on X of his June 22 Senate floor speech attacking Trump and wrote, "A perfect picture of Trump's presidency: Americans are losing their homes, cutting back at the grocery store, and drowning in bills, while Trump's top priority is cleaning up the Reflecting Pool.
America needs a president, not a pool boy." A perfect picture of Trump's presidency:Americans are losing their homes, cutting back at the grocery store, and drowning in bills, while Trump's top priority is cleaning up the Reflecting Pool.America needs a president, not a pool boy. pic.twitter.com/ZyUzQ5o2LJ— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 22, 2026 In the floor speech, Schumer said Trump’s focus on the pool showed the administration’s priorities were "completely out of whack" as families faced pressure from housing, grocery and household bills.
