U.S. President Donald Trump holds a placard comparing the reflecting to skyscrapers at the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, D.C., June 3, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
President Donald Trump showed off a surprising size chart during a press gaggle in the Oval Office on Wednesday, leaving onlookers stunned.
Trump held up a chart comparing the size of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation project underway to famous skyscrapers such as the Willis Tower in Chicago, the Empire State Building, and One World Trade Center in New York. The chart was titled, "Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers."
"So, if you lay it on its side, it would take two or three of them to fill it in," Trump told reporters as he held the sign. "The width is almost 200 feet wide."
Political analysts and observers were stunned by the moment and shared their reactions on social media.
"I don’t know who needs to hear this, but skyscrapers are vertical, and pools are flat," journalist Aaron Rupar posted on X.
"He keeps showing off this same chart. Unwell," the MeidasTouch Network posted on X.
"To be fair, the way things are going in his presidency, it's only a matter of time until those skyscrapers are lying on their side," the political advocacy group Majority Democrats posted on X.
"The way in which men like Trump will so predictably hold a public show-and-tell to compare the size of phallic objects…" Michelle Kinney, a Democratic strategist, posted on X.