The Washington Post faced backlash, including from the Trump administration, after suggesting that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool "looks almost the same" following President Donald Trump's renovations."After Trump's $10 million renovation, the Reflecting Pool is full again — and looks almost the same," The Washington Post wrote alongside an image comparison of the Reflecting Pool in 2022 and 2026 on X Tuesday.The paper also shared an article from last week on the renovations in an X post that read, "The Reflecting Pool on the National Mall has been refilled following President Trump’s renovations.The project ultimately took six weeks and cost more than $10 million, far more than Trump initially projected."TRUMP TORCHES 'STUPID' QUESTION FROM REPORTER ON BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS AMID IRAN WARCritics have accused the Trump administration of desecrating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool through renovations.
(Jose Luis Magana/AP)The social media post quickly went viral as several social media commentators remarked that images The Washington Post shared already showed differences made by Trump's renovations.The backlash also extended to Trump's team, which called out the paper for allegedly misleading readers."The water was green.Now it's not.
Hope this helps," the Trump War Room account posted along with an older image of the Reflecting Pool."This successful renovation not only made the Reflecting Pool more beautiful, but it was completed at a fraction of the time and cost of Obama's botched project — AND it finally addressed the leaks that caused millions of gallons of water loss per year.But the Fake News @washingtonpost won't acknowledge that," the White House Rapid Response 47 account wrote.Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's communications director, Cody Sargent, commented, "Why is the @washingtonpost so committed to this stupid lie? Here’s an actual before and after from @EarthCam."Sargent also posted two images of the Reflecting Pool from March 20...