It is called a "Truth Line". He hires an incompetent pool

[applegrove]

lining company and needs to replace it so he continues on with his false story to hide the mistake. Chances are it will be a lighter colour to reflect the sun and not absorb it like the American flag blue did. More a Daily Beast link at the bottom of this post.

Trump suggests a new “vandal proof material” will be used on the reflecting pool due to a “massive gash.”

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2026-07-17T14:58:26.136Z

https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-trump-makes-bonkers-claim-about-reflecting-pool-damage/

But as the water was completely removed from the pool on the National Mall to assess and fix the damage, it revealed there was no massive gash caused by vandals, as Trump had repeatedly claimed.

The president, in recent weeks, had claimed the gash was 250 feet long, then 300 feet, before writing in a post on Truth Social this week that it was actually 300 yards long, which would be 900 feet.

Instead, the empty pool bed, which Trump had demanded be painted a shade he called “American flag blue” before it turned a bright shade of green and was plagued by algae blooms, showed peeling paint in multiple places and was no longer blue.

While the president has ranted about vandals destroying the 2,000-foot pool, only one person has been charged to date: former Olympian David Hearn, who pleaded not guilty and argued he was simply touching peeling material.

[Blues Heron]

1. He never lets go it's so sick

[AZJonnie]

2. History shows that demented, megalomaniacal, pathological narcissists make the best fascist dictators

The shamelessness with which such people will repeat their previous lies, even after they're thoroughly debunked, is a key trait in working towards that end. As is having control of a cult ready and willing to live within a carefully curated propaganda bubble, so as to have minimal exposure to inconvenient facts and realities that are in direct contradiction to Dear Leader's narrative.