{"id":2259,"date":"2026-06-25T22:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:09:56","slug":"white-house-melts-down-at-old-trump-foe-over-reflecting-pool-jab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2259","title":{"rendered":"White House melts down at old Trump foe over Reflecting Pool jab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former CNN reporter Jim Acosta has long been a thorn in the side of President Donald Trump. Now, the White House has renewed its attacks after the reporter dared to fact-check the claims about the Reflecting Pool. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2257\">Trump\u2019s \u2018lame duck\u2019 life is probably going to get ugly \u2014 for everybody: analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acosta appeared to trigger the White House on Wednesday with his live report from the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. Like many journalists, researchers, Washington D.C. locals and tourists, Acosta went to the pool to see for himself if Trump&#8217;s claim of vandalism was accurate. <\/p>\n<p>There was no 250-350 foot gash sliced into the lining of the Reflecting Pool. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWent looking for the 300-foot \u2018slit\u2019 or \u2018slits\u2019 in the reflecting pool Trump keeps lying about,\u201d Acosta wrote on X. \u201cDidn\u2019t find any of that. But did find plenty of signs [that] the paint on the bottom of the pool has simply disintegrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has spent the week claiming that the pool had been vandalized, alleging that Democrats were to blame. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday, the president, embroiled in a war in Iran, wanted to focus instead on the &#8220;thugs,&#8221; he said, who had hurt his pool. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just told me a little while ago,\u201d Trump claimed. \u201cSix have been arrested, and like six or seven are under investigation. They had pictures and everything else. They went to the bottom, and it\u2019s not a paint job, it\u2019s very expensive, it\u2019s not rubber \u2014 but it\u2019s like rubber \u2014 and they went down with probably a box cutter or a very sharp razor of some kind or knife, and they cut, and then they started ripping it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, one of the guys, he\u2019s a member or a big player to ActBlue,\u201d Trump added, referencing the Democratic Party fundraising platform. \u201cHe\u2019s a big Hillary supporter, he\u2019s a big supporter of Sleepy Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2255\">Trump\u2019s fear of midterms is boiling into \u2018blind rage\u2019: report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump had previously said that the lining was Impenetrable. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear what Trump is talking about. The National Park Police have released a video of one woman sifting through the waters on the edge for a piece of the pool to take with her. Over the weekend, tourists were grabbing pieces as souvenirs, CNN reported. <\/p>\n<p>Acosta, who had once been banned by the White House, walked over 4,000 steps around the perimeter of the pool searching for the massive gash and wasn&#8217;t able to find it either. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t see a slit. There are no slits that he\u2019s been talking about. It\u2019s all a lie,&#8221; he concludes. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when the White House snapped. <\/p>\n<p>Using the official @RapidResponse47 account on X, the White House responded, \u201cJim, you are truly one of the dumbest individuals to have ever existed. Please seek professional help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A White House spokesperson commented on the allegation: &#8220;It is shameful that elected Democrats would lie to the American public about the deranged vandalism that has taken place at the Reflecting Pool. President Trump generously spearheaded the restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and it is now reflecting beautifully despite the vandals\u2019 attempt to destroy it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long attacked Acosta, who frequently asked him questions that so angered the president that he reacted defensively. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2253\">She pulled a fast one on MAGA \u2014 and paid off her medical debt<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CNN reporter Jim Acosta has long been a thorn in the side of President Donald Trump. Now, the White House has renewed its attacks after the reporter dared to fact-check the claims about the Reflecting Pool. 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