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Fact-Check: Trump’s Claims About His Arch, Reflecting Pool Repairs and Other Renovation Projects

NY Times · Jun 12, 2026, 2:05 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

President Trump has made false or exaggerated claims of a Civil War-era push for a triumphal arch, hundreds of millions spent on repairs on the Reflecting Pool, and an absence of working fountains.

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