New: Trump Prepares to Go to War With ABC News Over Reflecting Pool Reporting

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We've documented the outright ridiculousness coming from the left and the mainstream media (but I repeat myself) in response to President Trump's D.C. Reflecting Pool renovations, which have included unhinged "pro-algae" protests from woketivists and even a CNN "reporter" who actually took a sample of water from the pool for algae testing from one of their "experts."

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"When CNN independently took a sample of the water last Wednesday and consulted with a pool store that regularly tests water to help read the results, it showed phosphate levels far higher than what is recommended to keep algae at bay based on estimates for a pool that holds 6.5 million gallons of water," the purported "news" outlet reported at the time. "CNN obtained another test Tuesday that showed the phosphate levels had dropped but were still elevated."

Totally riveting. Totally.

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Another media outlet that hasn't covered itself in glory on the issue of the Reflecting Pool has been ABC News, which President Trump took aim at in a Truth Social post on Monday night, vowing to sue them over what he calls "false reporting":

In describing the Vandalism that took place at the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., ABC FAKE NEWS, one of the worst in the business, even paying me $16,000,000 for past bad and inaccurate reporting, failed to report that their close “friends,” Dumocrats Obama and Biden, spent over 100 Million Dollars on the Reflecting Pool, and it never worked. In fact, it was rarely open due to leaks and “stench.” They wanted to spend 300 to 400 Million Dollars, but just let it ROT. I spent approximately 16 Million Dollars, and it came out great, except for the Vandalism, which we are now fixing. It was also a much bigger job than originally envisioned, including the outer areas and sidewalks. We are preparing lawsuits against ABC for false reporting. I like their money, which will be given to the U.S. Treasury! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT

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Because of the alleged vandalism, which, as we noted on Saturday, has led to at least one arrest, members of the National Guard have been seen patrolling the pool:

At least the National Guard troops guarding the pool have made a cute new friend:

According to the timestamp, the most recent story ABC News filed on the Reflecting Pool went up at 7:53 pm Eastern time on Monday night. Trump's Truth Social post went up at 8:09 pm Eastern.

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