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Trump says Reflecting Pool 'in full use,' confirms DC golf course work
President Donald Trump said that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall is in full use after an algae bloom in the pool and portions of the blue paint applied during renovations he commissioned began peeling off earlier this month. Trump's June 28 social media post came after a tour of Washington, DC, landmarks during which he declared that many of the monuments were completely renovated and restored and announced plans for a renovation of a golf course facility in the district.
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Sky News Australia
· Jul 11, 2026
Trump boasts of 'perfect' physical and cognitive test results
US President Donald Trump claims he has passed another presidential physical test. Posting on Truth Social, he wrote: “I just finished a perfect physical at Walter Reed. I do it every six months, and I requested another cognitive test, the only president to do so, three times,” Mr Trump said. “I aced them all. “Got every question right; few people in Washington, D.C., could do so.”
Investing.com
· Jun 28, 2026
Trump says reflecting pool "in full use," public golf course building will begin
Trump says reflecting pool "in full use," public golf course building will begin
The Independent
· Jul 11, 2026
Trump rants again about NY Times reporters’ biography after Maggie Haberman calls his health ‘a black box’
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The Daily Beast
· Jun 26, 2026
Real Pool Firm Reveals What They Told Trump About His Scheme
Kevin Dietsch / Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump bragged endlessly about the ‘American Flag Blue’ color of the Reflecting Pool, and the speed with which the renovation took place, but a new report claims it is those two things that may have doomed the project from the start. The company that carried out extensive repairs to the Reflecting Pool in 2010 turned down Trump’s renovation, CNN reported on Friday. New Jersey-based Sika Corporation reportedly balked at the requirements that the work be completed by July 4 and that the bottom of the pool be blue.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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· Jun 28, 2026
Trump says his renovation plans for a golf course will have Washington hosting a ‘major’ tournament
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday surveyed several of his construction projects around the nation’s capital, suggesting afterward that his redevelopment of the East Potomac Golf Links would enable it to host a premier tournament. “When completed, this Course will have the ability to host Major Golf Tournaments, including The U.S. Open, The [] The post Trump says his renovation plans for a golf course will have Washington hosting a ‘major’ tournament appeared first on Loonie Politics.
ArcaMax
· Jun 23, 2026
During Pennsylvania stop, Republican Stacy Garrity embraces Donald Trump while he doesn't mention her
MACUNGIE, Pa. — President Donald Trump’s speech on manufacturing in a key Pennsylvania swing district repeatedly veered into other topics and musings about elections in other states, like Maine and California. It took the president nearly an ...
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