Trump Falsely Claims Obama and Biden Spent 'Hundreds of Millions' on Reflecting Pool

President Trump falsely claimed that the Obama and Biden administrations spent 'hundreds of millions of dollars' on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and 'failed.' FactCheck.org and AP News found that Obama's administration spent approximately $35 million on a renovation, while Biden's administration conducted no major work on the pool. Trump's own renovation cost $14.2 million, nearly eight times his initial estimate of $1.8 million. The exaggeration appears designed to justify his project while attacking his predecessors with fabricated spending figures.

"They spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the Reflecting Pool and they failed. We did it for a fraction of the cost." — Trump made this statement during a press conference announcing the completion of his administration's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation project, contrasting his project's success with alleged failures by previous administrations.