WASHINGTON — Jeanine Pirro this week found out there is a trade-off between loyalty to President Donald Trump and being loyal to reality. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)The Washington Monument is seen in the background of the now drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. By publicly rebuking Pirro, Trump sent a message to other administration officials that he is not to be contradicted, regardless of what the facts show. “Now does that mean that every case goes exactly the way that President Trump wants or I want or U.S. Attorney Pirro wants? Pirro blamed others for giving Trump bad adviceWhat makes the reflecting pool incident different was that the administration contradicted claims of property damage made repeatedly by the president.