PresidentDonald Trumpposted a digitally altered image showing former PresidentBarack Obama, former PresidentJoe Bidenand former House SpeakerNancy Pelosisubmerged in sewage during a Truth Social posting spree.
Theimage, captioned “Dumacrats Love Sewage,” depicted the three figures neck-deep in a version of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool filled with human waste.
The sewage image was one of several provocative posts Trump shared during the session.Mediaitereported that Trump also postedfake imagesof U.S. drones and ships destroying Iranian military equipment, along with animagecomparing House Minority LeaderHakeem Jeffries, whom Trump labeled “Low IQ.”
Trump also shared anAI-generated imageof Illinois Gov.JB Pritzkersurrounded by fast food, including a double cheeseburger, pizza, fried chicken and a hot dog. The image carried the caption, “JB is too busy to keep Chicago safe!”
The post appeared to escalate Trump’s ongoing feud with Pritzker, who previously accused him of normalizing political violence. “Our political leaders set the tone in this country, and I think that the president of the United States has set a tone where political violence is OK,” Pritzker toldPolitico. “He’s advocated it himself. It’s a terrible thing.”
Trump additionally posted animage of a $100 billfeaturing his face and name, along with a graphic claiming the stock market was at an “all-time high.” He also shared what was described as a factually incorrect chart claiming his military conflict with Iran had lasted only six weeks.
Trump’s rant against The New York Times
In the same posting spree, Trump published a lengthy attack onThe New York Times.
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Hewroteon Truth Social that the newspaper was “one of the worst newspapers anywhere in the World” and claimed it was “losing subscribers on an hourly basis.” He also accused the outlet of misrepresenting what he called his “Landslide 2024 Presidential Election Victory.”
Trump further criticized the paper’s coverage of efforts by Obama and Biden to address problems with the Reflecting Pool, describing the project as “expensively botched.”
Reflecting pool controversy
Trump announced the Reflecting Pool project on April 23, saying, “In another couple of weeks, we’re going to have the most beautiful reflective pool between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial that you’ve ever seen.”
He described the previous condition of the pool as “filthy, dirty” and said it “leaked like a sieve for many years.” An Interior Department official confirmed the pool loses roughly 16 million gallons of water annually.
The renovation includes repairing leaking joints and repainting portions of the surface “American flag blue.” The project has become one of the most politically contentious public works efforts in recent years.
The Washington-based Cultural Landscape Foundation filed a lawsuit seeking to block the overhaul, arguing the Trump administration bypassed historic review procedures. The organization’s founder,Charles Birnbaum, said the blue paint was “altering the historic character” of the landmark.
The group’s legal filing stated, “The 1999 National Park Service Cultural Landscape Report for the Lincoln Memorial Grounds specifically identifies the dark-tiled basin as a character-defining feature of the historic landscape, noting that ‘the dark color of the tile created the illusion of greater depth and a more profound reflection.'”
The lawsuit argued the new color would make the pool “resemble a large swimming pool rather than the reflective civic landscape it was designed to be.”