The president also shared AI-generated images on Truth Social showing himself and several officials floating in vivid blue water, plus a side-by-side of his idealized pool and a 2012 photo. He has said the renovation will take less time and cost than expected.
The reflecting pool was built in the early 1920s and previously closed for renovation in 2010, reopening two years later; outlets reported algae appeared in the pool after that $34 million rehab.