Posted on 06/04/2026 5:34:54 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON – Water began refilling the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office.
Trump showed a video during an unrelated event with water bubbling into the freshly painted basin at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial.
“That's clean, beautiful water,” the president said.
Live video showed water accumulating in the center of the basin, with workers and trucks still inside the pool.
Trump noted the work to paint the shallow basin a deep shade, which he calls “American flag blue,” was completed Wednesday. The administration said in a court filing that it was set to be filled with water no later than Sunday.
Trump also announced a plan to build a “promenade” that would allow pedestrians to walk from the back of the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac RIver.
“They want to call it the ‘Trump Promenade’ but I don’t know if I want to do that, but it’s going to be beautiful,” Trump said.
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Trump took a $400 million boondoggle and his ‘pool guys’ did it for $2 million. The Ass press won’t mention that. The $14 million dollar BS they mention are probably contracts Trump inherited that he couldn’t cancel.
Well, our Freepathon needs refilling SOON.
Here's Slate's headline above their article on the reflecting pool renovation:
Nothing Explains Trump’s Washington Quite Like the Reflecting Pool Scandal
Scandal???
Sheesh.
That already looks awesome. Can’t wait to see it finished.
A Trump Promenade should include a diving board for progressive loons to ‘jump for Trump’ into the Potomac.
So, we had a National Monument that was a ‘Reflecting Pool’ that DIDN’T reflect.
And now we have one. MAGA! :)
It’s not paint. The Marxist Press just had to call it paint to reflect badly on the President.
Never seen a scummier bunch of traitors in my life!
It ain’t paint.
How long before the usual suspects vandalize or destroy it?
Don’t forget DC’s fountains...
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalized with ‘86 47’ graffiti after Trump changes
It’s polyurea made by Rhino Liner.
It’s essentially the world’s biggest truck bed liner.
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