Reflecting Pool being drained - again - as Trump administration tries once more to fix landmark

[Dulcinea]

(CNN) Crews began draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Sunday, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, for the second time in three months.

In an interview released Tuesday with Katie Miller, a conservative podcaster and wife of President Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, Burgum said they started draining the pool as planned after the July Fourth fireworks show, noting some of the fireworks debris was still in the water.

Asked about the schedule for this round of renovations, he gave no specifics beyond a broad overview.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/reflecting-pool-being-drained

[gab13by13]

1. Waiting for them to claim they found a box cutter on the bottom,

didn't notice the tire tracks from the motorcade.

[mikeysnot]

2. My mantra is....

Don’t fix which is not broken.

[gab13by13]

3. I worked in maintenance in a factory

and our saying was similar but a bit more to the point.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Don't drive the Whitehouse limo over it again Donny Dumbass

[Bengus81]

5. Repairs could be done WITH the pool only partially drained? I thought that

FAKE NEWS 350' long gash was going to take it being fully drained,dried out etc,etc.

Vandalism my ASS!

[Aussie105]

6. FUBAR!

Look it up.

Declare the pool beyond rescue, drain it, dry out the algae, rip up the cracked base, fill it in, grass it over.

Welcome to the new picnic area!