I'm walking down the length of the reflecting pool right now to see if I can find exactly where this 300-foot slit is that Donald Trump claims is running down the middle of this pool.

I have looked up and down this pool so far. I don't see any sign of any slit. I do see a lot of paint coming up,

but no sign of a 300 foot long slit or lots of slits as he's been talking about. Again,

shocker here. I'm sorry to report what he's saying is 100% pure.

Hi again, everybody.

It's now 5 o'clock in the East, in a surprise to probably no one.

The dubious claim that Donald Trump made this week about a massive gash or slash in the

lining of the reflecting pool does not seem to exist.

But Donald Trump can't handle the truth that the company he hired in a no-big contract

to redo the coding of the pool did such a bad job that it fell apart.

So instead, he has drummed up coverage and outrage over the week about vandalism.

Fandalism, he says happened, but provides no proof of happening.

The entire debacle has so far cost at least $16.4 million, as well as changing the atmosphere

around the reflecting pool.

There are security cameras there now and a lot of law enforcement.

But that cost, that price tag, is just a fraction of what Donald Trump plans to charge taxpayers,

plans to spend to complete all of the vanity projects all over Washington, D.C.

New York Times this morning in its newsletter put it like this. What has

been made public about the cost of all the construction going on is, quote, about as clear as the

algae clouded water in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. So a group of New York Times reporters

went out to get some answers. A detailed analysis finds this, quote,

there will be significant taxpayer expense associated with all of Donald Trump's building

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