CNN Plays a Side-by-Side Video of Trump Saying He Knew and Did Not Know the Reflecting Pool Contractor: ‘I Mean — the Lies’

EXCERPT:

TRUMP: "Now, I’m not saying I was 100% thrilled with the contractor, but the contractor was rushing. We wanted to get it open for July 4th. And we got it done. By the way, I didn’t know the contract. Everyone said the contractor — I didn’t know the contractor. But when it was completed, it was perfect. (...) I said, 'You know, Doug, I have a guy who’s unbelievable at doing swimming pools. I’m going to send my contractor over and take a look.' He looked at it. He called me up, he said, 'Sir, we can do something on it. We have a color. It’s called American flag blue.' I said, 'That’s the color I like.' He talked me into it very easily."