Overview
- Trump posted 11 times late Friday between 11:03 and 11:45 p.m., sharing an AI image of himself on a gold lounger in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
- The Interior Department says the reflecting pool work remains on track to finish by the end of May, and the light-blue layer now visible is a standard base coat in a multi-step process.
- U.S. Park Police are investigating large "86 47" graffiti at the site, a phrase that uses "86" as slang for "get rid of" and references Trump as the 47th president, after securing and covering the area for cleanup.
- The late-night burst also included a Mount Rushmore face swap, a meme of Trump holding all "wild" Uno cards and an attack on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, drawing criticism from commentators who questioned the president’s conduct.
- The project applies a $1.5–$2 million industrial pool-style blue coating instead of replacing granite, a cheaper, faster approach that preservation experts warn could undermine the landmark’s historic character.