Trump Administration Admits Reflecting Pool Was a 'Botched Job' All Along The Trump administration's admission that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was caused by a botched installation, not vandalism as they initially claimed, exposes the depths to which this presidency has sunk.
The episode is a perfect microcosm of the administration's modus operandi: deflect responsibility, manufacture enemies, and bully critics into submission.
At its core, this scandal involves a contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, that was awarded a no bid government contract to renovate the pool.