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From the Left · Watch · November 2, 2026

Nov 2 · On the eve of the midterms, President Trump gives his final scheduled remarks at the reopened Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, jokes about renaming it the Trump Reflecting Pool and calls the Democratic slate the most extreme in American history

CBS News: In his final scheduled remarks before Election Day, aside from telerallies, President Trump made the case that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is “now better and more beautiful than it’s ever before.” “We’re very proud of it. We went through a lot with vandalism,” the president said, and also reiterated claims that the Trump administration was unable to prove in courts about vandals with knives tearing up the reflecting pool.

CBS News: In his final scheduled remarks before Election Day, aside from telerallies, President Trump made the case that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is “now better and more beautiful than it’s ever before.” “We’re very proud of it. We went through a lot with vandalism,” the president said, and also reiterated claims that the Trump administration was unable to prove in courts about vandals with knives tearing up the reflecting pool.

Grade B (82/100). Trump at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool jokes about renaming it, says it is better than ever and says Presidents Obama and Biden spent over $144 million trying to fix it

B: Uses an unnamed source or unsourced number.

  • Relies on an unnamed source or a number with no source (minus 18 points): post text: 'reiterated claims that the Trump administration was unable to prove in courts about vandals with knives' (no court or case named)

Splits: Trump at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool jokes about renaming it, says it is better than ever and says Presidents Obama and Biden spent over $144 million trying to fix it

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