特朗普周二表示，林肯纪念堂反射池的维修工作即将完成，并称将在"本周"注水，但仍然宣扬无根据的破坏论。"我想他们本周就会注水的,"特朗普在社交平台X上由Rapid Respond 47账户分享的视频中表示，在视频中，总统在白宫外与记者交谈。"反射池已经完全完成了，我们改变了我们想要在7月4日打开的旧管道,"他说，并补充说"据我了解，我想它几乎完成了。"
President Trump said Tuesday repairs to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are close to complete and should be refilled with water "this week," but still touted unfounded claims of vandalism. "I think they're going to fill it up this week," Trump said in a video shared by the Rapid Respond 47 account on the social platform X, featuring the president talking to reporters outside the White House. "The Reflecting Pool is totally complete, and we changed the old pipes we wanted to get open for July 4," he said, later adding that "I think it's almost complete, from what I understand."
特朗普还表示，反射池和二战纪念碑之间的草地已经重新种上草了，因为之前被"用字母破坏了，那些著名的字母"。草地上刻有数字"86 47"，这是对特朗普的反对标志，但政府坚称这是针对总统的政治暴力呼吁。"那几乎也完成了,"特朗普补充说。总统还暗示今年早些时候池子的问题是由破坏者造成的，尽管美国检察官让·金恩·皮罗最近的一份文件对这种说法表示怀疑，并将其归咎于粗制滥造的工作。"
Trump also said new grass was installed in the grounds between the Reflecting Pool and the National World War II Memorial after it was "destroyed with the letters, the famous letters." Etched in the grass were the numbers "86 47," a sign of opposition to Trump, but the administration has insisted it was a call for political violence against the president. "And that's been just about completed," Trump added. The president also suggested that the issues with the pool since earlier this year were caused by vandals, though a recent filing from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro cast doubt on that narrative and instead blamed botched work.
嗯，我们那里有破坏行为，我们已经尽可能反破坏了。但只有病人才会这样做，我们有他们的照片。"
"Well, we had vandalism there and we have it about as vandal-proof as you can get. But only sick people do that, and we have their pictures."
特朗普在8月末曾表示，池子"将在几个星期内开放。会很漂亮。请勿破坏。"然而，几周前，他曾声称 renovation 中存在"一些承包商错误"，导致池子的一部分受到了"相对无关紧要的"损害。
Trump previously suggested late in August that the pool would "be opening in a few weeks. Will be a beauty. NO VANDALS PLEASE." Weeks earlier, however, he claimed that there was "some contractor error" with the renovations that left part of the pool with "relatively inconsequential" damage.
自今年春天以来，反射池一直是争议的焦点，当时总统宣扬了一个数百万美元的项目来恢复它，并将池底涂成"美国国旗蓝"。这项工作是通过无投标合同完成的，这一点备受关注。
The Reflecting Pool has been a source of controversy since the spring, when the president touted a multimillion-dollar project to restore it and coat the bottom with "American flag blue" paint. The work was done with no-bid contracts, a particular point of scrutiny.
涂料在池子重新注水后似乎以团块状漂浮到水面上，而水面呈绿色是由于蔬菜 blooms。特朗普、皮罗和内政部表示，破坏是造成损害的原因，尽管特朗普和皮罗指责恢复工作在人们被撤销指控后被搞砸了。其中一位被指控的人是前美国奥运赛艇选手大卫·赫恩。他的律师周二要求司法部（DOJ）和内政部的监督官员调查他们所描述的有缺陷的调查和起诉。
The paint appeared to float to the pool's surface in clumps after it was refilled, as the water appeared green due to algae blooms. Trump, Pirro and the Interior Department said vandalism caused the damage, though Trump and Pirro have pointed toward the restoration being botched after charges were dropped for several people accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. One of those charged was former U.S. Olympian canoeist David Hearn, whose attorneys on Tuesday asked Department of Justice (DOJ) and Interior Department watchdogs to look into what they describe as a flawed investigation and prosecution. D.C.
华盛顿特区上级法院法官托德·埃德尔曼永久驳回了DOJ的案子，称其为“闪电般快速的起诉过程”，并禁止官员今后再次起诉赫恩。他暗示，如果特朗普可能施加“政治压力”起诉任何涉嫌破坏的人，皮罗的办公室可能会重新提起该案。
Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman permanently dismissed the DOJ's case, calling it a "lightning-fast indictment process," and barred officials from charging Hearn again in the future. He suggested that Pirro's office could resurrect the case if Trump possibly applied "political pressure" to prosecute anyone suspected of being vandals.