President Donald Trump somehow managed to work his favorite scapegoat into an unhinged rant about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday after a reporter pressed him on the cost.

When asked why Trump claimed in April that the renovations would cost only $1 million and be completed in a week, the president gave an answer that befuddled critics on social media.

“In April, you showed us pictures of what you were going to do when you said you had a guy who was going to do it in a week for about a million dollars,” CBS News senior White House correspondent Ed O’Keefe asked Trump.

“Okay. Ready. Barack Hussein Obama, have you ever heard of him?” Trump asked.

“Yeah,” O’Keefe responded.

“He spent two years and over $100 million on trying to fix it. You know what happened to it? Never even opened,” Trump said. “He took the water for the river, you know about that, right? It turned out to be putrid and it destroyed the whole thing. Spent over 100 million, him and Biden together spent $147 million. You know what happened? Never opened. You don’t mention that, right?”

Trump: Barack Hussein Obama took water from the river and destroyed the reflecting pool. You don’t mention that. pic.twitter.com/FAVQJZ4L0j

Trump ranted for nearly two minutes, throwing out figures with no evidence to back them. His claims that Obama and Biden spent $147 million on Reflecting Pool renovations had no basis in reality, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

Obama’s two-year renovation of the monument ended in 2012 and cost about $34 million, per AP. The Biden administration did not conduct any major work on the Reflecting Pool.

Critics were quick to question why Trump was attempting to cast blame on Obama for the current fiasco, which has seen the president’s prized “American flag blue” paint peeling off and copious amounts of algae forming just weeks after the pool was refilled:

OBAMA NOW??? HE’S FUCKING BLAMING OBAMA NOW???? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/9Vg2dGohy9

The sad grampa at the end of the bar, yelling at people over the jukebox while the bartender pretends not to hear him https://t.co/DkYPBBkJEZ

It’s always taken water from river! That’s the design. It’s not a swimming pool! For God’s sake. https://t.co/YysYEArfRK

He’s just completely insane. https://t.co/dg343wFZUz

When blaming Biden isn’t working, go back and blame the guy before him. Bold strategy. Anyway, the pool was fine before Trump destroyed it. https://t.co/eVgv87fJz7

Is he off his meds again? https://t.co/Uh6X9kO6VP

Is Barack Hussein Obama in the room with you now, Mr. President? https://t.co/VHJgsly2VH

laser-focused on the needs of every day Americans. no one is doing it like him https://t.co/u8lSKFGlOz

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