Overview
- Trump launched a flurry of Truth Social posts late Friday, including an AI image of himself with JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum lounging in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
- The Department of the Interior says work on the pool remains on track to finish by the end of May, and it described the visible light-blue layer as a standard base coat in a multilayer process.
- Trump touts a plan to seal the granite basin with an industrial-grade coating in “American flag blue” for roughly $1.5–$2 million, contrasting it with a multi‑year, $300 million granite replacement he says was proposed.
- U.S. Park Police opened an investigation after crews found a roughly 15-by-30-foot “86 47” graffiti at the site Friday morning, and officials secured and covered the area for cleanup.
- Preservation experts criticized turning the landmark into what they say could look like a swimming pool, while commenters seized on the late-night posts to question the president’s judgment.