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Trump squirms as reporter challenges his Reflecting Pool vandalism claims
The Reflecting Pool Story Is Not About the PoolThe Claim Is the EventDonald Trump’s Tuesday remarks in Pennsylvania were not an explanation of damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. They were a performance of authority: a president asserting that “they’ve arrested I think six people,” that the pool “looks fantastic,” and that a “200-350 foot slit” had been cut by knife-wielding vandals. The source material gives us no evidence for the story beyond Trump’s own claim and a reporter’s note that the Interior Department had not shared the promised video or photos.That is the political…
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