Overview
- President Trump posted on Truth Social that he and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will “fix” the Reflecting Pool, calling its current state “Biden filth and incompetence.”
- The post featured a dramatized video showing leaves, grime and cleaners, set to Andrea Bocelli’s “Time to Say Goodbye,” with on-screen text reading “Make D.C. Beautiful Again.”
- The National Park Service said crews are performing routine cleaning, describing leaf, trash and goose waste removal and noting the pool will take days to refill.
- No engineering plans, timeline, permits or formal scope have been announced for any renovation, and reports note vacant seats on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts after recent firings.
- Coverage places the pledge within the administration’s broader push to remake federal spaces, citing the White House East Wing demolition for a proposed $300 million ballroom, an ‘Arc de Trump’ concept, and an executive order directing Interior-led “beautification” efforts.