Can Tire Tracks Be Seen on Bottom of Lincoln Reflecting Pool?

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Source: Newsweek

Published Jul 14, 2026 at 07:35 AM EDT updated Jul 14, 2026 at 09:57 AM EDT


What appear to be tire tracks have become visible on the floor of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after the landmark was drained for a second round of repairs, adding another point of intrigue to the Trump administration's troubled renovation project. As the pool is drained once again for repairs, photographs appear to show a series of parallel marks stretching across sections of the exposed pool floor.

The newly visible marks come amid continued debate over what caused damage to the recently renovated pool. President Donald Trump has repeatedly alleged that vandals slashed the pool's blue liner, prompting officials to drain the basin again to carry out repairs.


What Do the Images Show?

The photographs appear to show multiple sets of track-like impressions running across portions of the exposed bottom of the Reflecting Pool. It is not immediately clear what caused the marks. Maintenance crews, pumps, hoses and other equipment have been present around the site during the latest draining operation, and photographs from the scene have documented ongoing work by National Park Service personnel.

While some have suggested the marks resemble vehicle tracks, there is currently no public evidence indicating when they were made or whether they are connected to the repairs. The markings are likely to attract renewed attention because Trump's motorcade was driven across the drained Reflecting Pool during a highly publicized inspection of the project on May 7. Video posted by White House Communications Director Steven Cheung showed presidential vehicles traveling across the basin as Trump toured the renovation work.



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Yep. These are tire tracks in the reflecting pool. Sediment has built up on the indents.

You can see where the front tires turned in unison.

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Reflecting Pool drained again, revealing tire tracks from Trump's convoy...vandalism MY ASS!!!
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4:22 PM · Jul 13, 2026

[kentuck]

1. Definitely not done with a knife or box cutters...

Looks more like a tire track...

[twodogsbarking]

7. Not a bike track either.

[RustyWheels]

2. Just the overlap from the application of the sealant

Sorry, but Trump's motorcade went close to the center of the reflecting pool. The photo is of the edge.

That said, I would be surprised if the motorcade did not damage the coating where it was driven over. Sealants take anywhere from 24 hours to 28 days to cure, and Trump was driving on it before they had even finished.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Pics show them weaving all over the surface

(pic from whitehouse.gov)

[calimary]

24. What's with the driving over the empty reflecting pool?

Republicans would be blowing their gaskets if even ONE car driven by Dems did this.

Just showing off their bravado or something?

[sboatcar]

27. Pervy grandpa gets what pervy grandpa wants

[mahina]

9. There is a video below of that event. Looks like they started on one side and moved to the other side at one point.

I don't know why there would be tracks from one vehicle when there were so many.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. IIRC

along the edge, the pool is around 18" deep but in the center, it is around 30" deep. So there might be enough slope on each to the center to shift more vehicle weight into the slope on one side. I expect the shocks on those limos are amazing for a smooth ride. Alternately, there looked to be a NPS vehicle, probably good for all terrain, that was at the lead.

[mahina]

18. Roger. Maybe one is heavier than the others too.

[winstars]

29. Can't someone overlay the path of the cars in the video with the tracks shown in the newly drained Reflecting Pool???

[mahina]

31. not me

[Deuxcents]

3. How long will it take for the people arrested for vandalism to be released from their accusations?

Will they be reimbursed for expenses for lawyers, etc? Will Jeanne Pirro indict TSF?

[mackdaddy]

4. Musta been on of them there ANTIFER tanks!

Actually one photo shows at least 12 vehicles in Trump's motorcade including two limos and ten armored suv's plus a couple of side by side vehicles.

From the photos it looks like this was done more than once.

[twodogsbarking]

5. Vandalism by limousines.

[UpInArms]

6. Here is video evidence of the vandalism

[Botany]

13. Trump just had to rub it in our faces by this unneeded stunt.

Donny needs to pay back for all the initial expenses and for all the repair afterwards. He has made
billions in grifting, bribes, stealing money from the American people, and market manipulation.

Those vehicles didn’t look like this.




"No, no, we had vandalism. No, vandals. We have a, I think, 290-to-300-foot slit right through it. Probably a box cutter or a knife of some kind."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. BREAKING: Trump drained the reflecting pool and it DID reveal damage... tire marks.

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[Karasu]

11. It doesn't take a genius to know that driving a fucking motorcade over the surface of a newly-renovated body of water

was going to fuck it up, but there are (of course) layers on layers of incompetence to this shitshow.

[Bayard]

14. There is no good reason they had to drive over it,

Except typical trump beating his chest, and making monkey sounds.

[Deuxcents]

15. TSF loves a big production and that's exactly what he got..a fleet of limos on a surface not meant for vehicles

And weeks and weeks of reviews

[Bengus81]

16. That vid has been around for week of them driving on it. Seen any media playing it?

Not me.

[Grokenstein]

17. And he'll do it again when the repairs are finished. Just because.

[warmfeet]

19. Guess a bunch more "vandals"

need to be arrested to distract from this evidence. Sheesh, it get's harder and harder to go along with all this bullshit. My cognitive dissonance is dissonatin real bad. JFC

[IronLionZion]

20. Antifa cut it to look like tire tracks along the whole length of the pool

they are so sneaky like that.

It's just like how Antifa dressed up as MAGA to raid the Capitol on Jan 6.

[Beartracks]

21. Was there some monster truck parade through the Reflecting Pool?

I haven't paid much attention to Trump's vanity circuses, but I thought I saw a reference to that somewhere.

On edit: Oh, I see the pics of his vanity motorcade in the empty pool now, in the thread below. You'd have to be pretty stupid/biased/incompetent to arrest someone for TOUCHING the pool after the potential for damage beforehand by the President publicly DRIVING through it.

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[NoMoreRepugs]

22. The Green Giant used a thin putty knife I bet.

[rickyhall]

23. Moron fucked up his own pool and blames it on an Olympic Athlete. And advertises his stupidity.

[calimary]

25. I keep reminding myself: he won't last much longer.

We’ll be voting for a new POTUS in 2028. That’s gonna be most if not all that we’ll hear and see in the news, over most of that year.

We may actually start hearing early coverage and commentary starting in January 2027. Newsfolks are already rarin’ to go, now!

[Blues Heron]

26. I think that those marks are the bathtub ring of algae as the water drained at an uneven rate

Whenever the water paused, an algae line following the non flat contours of the bottom formed.

[sheshe2]

28. The Beast alone weighs 20K POUNDS, FFS!

[C Moon]

30. I saw that yesterday, too and tought the same thing.

[cstanleytech]

32. Could be tire tracks or just rings of dirt and algae as they drained the water.