Donald Trump is still pushing a conspiracy theory about Reflecting Pool vandalism after ...
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Trump keeps pushing a Reflecting Pool vandalism conspiracy theory even after the Justice Department dropped its own cases — raising the question of what drives a claim that outlives its legal premise.
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Theory Briefing
- Trump continued promoting a conspiracy theory about Reflecting Pool vandalism even after Jeanine Pirro's Justice Department dropped the related cases.
- The persistence of the claim after its legal basis collapsed suggests the narrative is serving a purpose beyond the original incident.
- Dropping the cases by the DOJ would normally undercut the theory, yet the public push continued — a striking gap between evidence and belief.