FactCheck found former President Donald Trump exaggerated how much the Biden and Obama administrations spent renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Trump claimed hundreds of millions of dollars were wasted on a failed project, figures reviewers said far exceed documented appropriations.
National Park Service records show phased repairs with budgets below the magnitudes cited in Trump’s recent speeches.
Fact-checkers said the pool work remained ongoing under multiple administrations, contradicting claims that it was abandoned.
Heritage conservation experts noted large civic projects often attract politicized cost narratives detached from audit reports.
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