What did Donald Trump claim about government spending on 28 May 2026?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
It was a disaster, built in 1922. President Obama spent $100 million and destroyed it further
The Obama-era rebuild of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was funded with $34 million in recovery act money, according to the Interior Department, about a third of the $100 million he claimed.
The Obama-era reconstruction of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which closed in November 2010, was funded with $34 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (U.S. Department of the Interior, Aug. 7, 2012).
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- Interview with Lara Trump at the White House for Fox News, recorded May 28, 2026 and aired May 30, 2026.
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