The president also made claims about the Reflecting Pool that don’t hold water.A National Park Service employee uses a vacuum pump to clean algae off the bottom of the newly repainted Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on June 16.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images fileAug. 3, 2026, 5:01 PM EDTPresident Donald Trump on Monday said Jeanine Pirro “choked” by dropping the government’s case against an Olympic canoeist that the administration had previously accused of causing more than $1,000 worth of damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.