Before he has fixed the damage he caused to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, his crew has already damaged another national monument. In this case, it’s the German-American Friendship Garden on the National Mall. One of the fountains in The German-American Friendship Garden between the White House and Washington Monument has been demolished. pic.twitter.com/TqP3r3C6xP — Andrew Leyden (@PenguinSix) July 20, 2026Trump’s botched renovations of the Reflecting Pool have “already cost taxpayers more than $16 million and it is still drained and surrounded by chain-link fences, The New Republic noted. TNR also pointed out that Trump’s $69 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft has led to unsafe conditions for the display of historical documents.