OAN Staff Addie Davis and Sophia Flores
6:59 PM – Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Highlighting the final stretch of National Mall maintenance, President Donald Trump stated that the historic Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., will soon receive its final structural coat before being refilled.
On Wednesday, Trump took to Truth Social to reveal that water will “start flowing” shortly after the final coating is completed at the pool, which anchors the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
“Excitingly, the final coat of protection will be completed on the Reflecting Pool that sits between The Washington Monument and The Lincoln Memorial, at 4 P.M. today,” the president posted to Truth Social on Wednesday.
“The water will start flowing, shortly thereafter. The walking paths outside of the Pool will, likewise, be cleaned, sandblasted, and finished soon. This will be the first time since the day it was built, 1922, that it has worked, and worked wonderfully, indeed!” he continued.
Trump had previously noted that since the pool was “built out of granite and various stones on the bottom,” that “it never looked great because that’s not really meant to be a stone that’s underwater for that much of a period of time.”
He later held a press conference from the Oval Office, surprising reporters by unveiling a chart that compared the scale of the renovation project to some of the tallest buildings in the world.
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