Trump: Reflecting Pool work wasn't simply 'paint job'
05-06-2026 20:27 via thehill.com

Trump: Reflecting Pool work wasn't simply 'paint job'

President Trump dismissed criticism of the recent Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations on Friday, rejecting claims the project amounted to merely a "paint job." “The Great Reflecting Pool, that stretches between The Lincoln Memorial and The Washington Monument, just opened to ‘rave reviews’ but, maliciously or not, some say, like The Washington Post, it was...
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