Trump makes EXPLOSIVE Reflecting Pool announcement | Another Day

Donald Trump gears up to sue ABC News. over the reflecting pool reporting. I. wonder if ABC will settle again just to. really get on his good side this time. This is just another day. While hordes of reflecting pool pariahs. may still be terrorizing our capital, our president Donald Justice Trump has. alerted the nation that there is. actually a far greater threat to fear. >> Trump in a rage yesterday post said he's. bowing to sue ABC for false reporting.

over its coverage of the reflecting pool. renovations. >> That's right. As if Donald Trump wasn't. already livid that these letters didn't. stand for the aquatic broadcasting. corporation, now the man is taking legal. action against ABC saying quote, "In. describing the vandalism that took place. at the reflecting pool in Washington, D.C., ABC fake news, one of the worst in. the business, even paying me $16 million. for past bad and inaccurate reporting, failed to report that their close. friends, Democrats Obama and Biden, spent over $100 million on the.

reflecting pool and it never worked. In. fact, it was rarely open due to leaks. and stench." Uh, quick aside, you know. Donald Trump really wrote this one. himself because he spelled due to leaks. d o, which puts this past clip in a. whole new light. >> He's a Democrat. That's how I got the. name. You take the e out. You don't use the b. A lot of people. don't know dumb has a b in it, actually. >> Sure, a lot of people don't know that. And I hear those same people also don't.

know how to seamlessly blend their hand. makeup. But, I digress. Trump continued, "We are preparing lawsuits against ABC. for false reporting. I like their money, which will also be given to the U.S. Treasury." And you got to love that he. adds that extra little step in there. about giving the money to the Treasury, even though we all know that's just a. slight detour on the way to his own. pockets. But, this is how far Donald. Trump is going with his lie that vandals. took a knife to the bottom of the. reflecting pool, suing a media outlet. because somehow that will finally make.

his story real. And while that's not. exactly new territory for him, ABC. didn't do themselves any favors by. settling a lawsuit with him back in. 2024. Gosh, if only they'd consulted. with practically anyone from Trump's. first term, maybe they could have given. him a heads-up that loyalty doesn't. exactly go both ways. But lest you think that this lawsuit is. the extent of Trump digging his heels in. on this lie, >> There are a lot more cops, National. Guard, even some US Marshals out here.

keeping tabs on things. >> Back here at the reflecting pool, you. can see what has become an unusual level. of security around it. There are cameras. stationed every 50 yards or so. We've. seen National Guardsmen and federal. marshals patrolling the edges of the. pool to keep an eye out for trouble. makers. >> Yes, as if wasting tens of millions of. dollars on these vanity projects wasn't. bad enough, now taxpayers are on the. hook for more. Also, Donald Trump can. make his gaslighting feel more. realistic. Like, this is insane. Just.

admit that you're full of This. would be like Lauren Boebert creating a. task force to catch the. mysterious culprit who keeps barging in. a Broadway shows and fondling their. seatmates. Donald Trump just can't help himself. And the questions like these are just. going to keep on coming. >> Well, you mentioned yesterday that the. Interior Department has video and. photos. We reached out to them and they. haven't shared it with us. Are you going. to compel them to do so? >> They were arrested I think six people in. the reflecting pool. So, the reflecting pool looks fantastic. I. just got pictures of it. It's beautiful,

but somebody went in with a knife and. cut it. >> No, we heard that part yesterday. See, today they're asking you where the proof. is that these knife-wielding bandits. snuck in under the cover of night to the. heavily patrolled and security-cameraed. National Mall. And as you said, >> They cut it up good. >> Right. Where is that proof? >> The. Interior Department can refer to you on. that. >> Ah, so the Interior Department has all. that material. Okay, then. >> So we asked but neither the White House,

Interior Department nor National Park. Service have provided any more proof. >> Neither the White House, Interior. Department nor the National Park Service. have provided any proof of vandalism. >> You know what this means, right? It's. just a countdown until Trump stumbles. upon a photoshopped image of Abrego. Garcia's knuckles with the letters p o o. l tattooed on them and we have to hear. about the sick and twisted minds of the. gang Trende Agua. There is an obsession around this failed.

reflecting pool project because it is. just another example of Donald Trump's. corruption and lies. Not that everyone. sees it that way. >> Iran, fraud, there have been. assassination plots, but the liberal. media is focused on something else. entirely. They're very concerned about. algae and the reflecting pool in. Washington, D.C. But we should not be. surprised because this is par for the. course for the media. >> The liberal media is obsessing? If. that's the case, then um. what do you call this? >> One was the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting.

Pool, which everybody knows. And I. looked at just one of the little pieces. that they did to finish. It's like a. piece of glass. Beautiful color, beautiful everything. >> We're going to be able to do it for. about a million eight, 1.8 million, and. it's going to take 1 week. >> I'm using swimming pool material. It's. going to be blue, beautiful blue. Everybody's looking at that reflecting. pool. They can't believe it. Reflects. We used a dark blue. And we picked a. color called American flag blue. >> Donald Trump pitches his water harder. than Jennifer Aniston. And with him, we.

don't even get the covered up boob tees. Thank you. Sure, one could argue that in the grand. scheme of things, his botched reflecting. pool project is small potatoes compared. to the rest of his administration's. wreckage, but isn't that the point? That. he's willing to lie about such a small. issue because when he lies about that, we know he's lying about all the other. stuff, too. >> Right now, we have the highest job. numbers we've ever had in the country, in the history of the country. We're. doing very well with Iran. They've been. decimated. Our country is doing really.

well, and we're going to keep it that. way. >> Yes, our country is doing extremely. well. Just don't ask for proof. And this. lack of proof from the administration. only highlights the importance of. hardworking journalists right now in. this country. Those are the people who. separate fact from fiction and point out. when our elected officials are. completely full of which is why. Trump's impending lawsuit against ABC is. all the more troubling. And when it. comes to that suit, ABC has only one. person to blame, themselves.

>> And breaking late today, court filings. showing a settlement has been reached. between ABC, ABC News anchor George. Stephanopoulos, and President-elect. Trump. ABC agreeing to make a $15. million donation to a future Trump. presidential foundation and museum, pay. $1 million to cover legal fees, and. publish a statement of regret to settle. a defamation lawsuit Trump filed against. ABC, ABC News, and Stephanopoulos in. March. Stephanopoulos said on air that. Trump had been found liable for rape in.

the E. Jean Carroll case, when in fact. Trump had been found civilly liable for. sexual abuse. >> That's right. He is a sexual abuser, god. damn it. You know, that really feels. like Donald Trump's version of a doctor. being called mister. Hey, I didn't spend. four years at sexual abuser school to be. called rapist, Donald Trump. Over a year ago, ABC News settled with. not rapist Trump because they believed. it would somehow buy them goodwill with. a man whose favorite thing is bragging. about how much power he has over media.

companies. And now they're about to be. sued again for committing the cardinal. sin of reporting. This is what happens. when you roll over and capitulate. Trump. knows he owns you. And by the way, what's worse is that ABC News rolled. over on a technicality. >> Complicating the dispute, the judge in. the Carroll case clarified in a written. opinion that New York's definition of. the term rape is narrow. And that the. jury's finding, quote, does not mean. that she failed to prove Mr. Trump raped. her as many people commonly understand.

the word rape. The jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that. >> Donald Trump was damn close to rape and. ABC still paid up. That's like me. calling the cereal rape nuts and having. to pay the folks at Post $16 million for. making that joke. Which I. pray I won't have to do. >> [clears throat]. >> The only thing that ABC News did by. shelling out millions to Donald Trump is. show how weak they are, how easily they. can be pushed around. And of all the.

people in America who are allowed to. look weak right now, journalists are not. one of them. This administration that. claims to love the freedom of the press. has a media offenders section of their. website. This is not the site of some. loud incel basement-dwelling blogger or. a page started by your crotchety aunt. turned citizen journalist. This is on. the website of the White House, where. they expose America's worst liars like. CNN, The Washington Post, and even. little old me. That's right, I made the.

list. Couldn't make the cut for a. sexiest cones alive, but this list. sure. It does not matter who you are. If you. have a single ounce of criticism for. Donald Trump or his administration, he. will label you an unpatriotic enemy of. the state. You cannot endear yourself to. this man by settling or apologizing. All. you can do is show him that he can own. you. And if you're looking for any other. proof of that. >> Uh Interior Department can refer to you. on that. >> I wouldn't hold my breath. >> [music].

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