Fact-check · Nov 2, 2026 · Donald Trump
“It's almost as tall as two Empire State buildings laid on its side”
FALSE
What the record shows
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is 2,029 feet long; Empire State Building is 1,454 feet tall. Two ESBs = 2,908 feet. Pool length is ~70% of two building heights.
Pool length (2,029 ft) falls significantly short of two Empire State Building heights (2,908 ft). Claim overstates the comparison by roughly 40%.
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