They now acknowledge that Trump’s hand-picked no-bid contractor botched the rushed renovation.
Trump Administration Admits Reflecting Pool Wasn’t Attacked by Canoeist
By
Chas Danner,
staff editor at Intelligencer
Members of the National Guard walk along the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and its surrounding walkways on the National Mall in Washington, DC on July 30, 2026.
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