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Trump’s Reflecting Pool Scheme Doesn’t Hold Water
May 9, 2026
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KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERSPresident Donald Trump reportedly skirted the rules to spend massive amounts of money on something Americans never dreamed they needed: A Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool painted blue.Trump ordered the makeover of the century-old pool on the National Mall, which has been the focal point of such historic gatherings as Vietnam War protests and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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