Leaving aside the “Vandalism” stuff for a brief moment: President Trump’s claims today that the reflecting pool “never opened” or was “rarel…

Leaving aside the “Vandalism” stuff for a brief moment: President Trump’s claims today that the reflecting pool “never opened” or was “rarely open” after the Obama repair project are just not true. It’s been open for the vast majority of days since the project ended in August 2012, with some short closures since (including one in October 2012) for maintenance and further repairs.

Source: Anthropic (X) | 2026-06-23