Maybe he’s going to replace it with mirrors...
The New Republic
It seems that bulldozing the White House wasn’t enough for Donald Trump.
The builder in chief declared his intention Wednesday to “fix” the 100-year-old Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington. Fix what, exactly? Your guess is as good as ours.
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This is just the latest ridiculous renovation project that has pulled Trump attention away from, well, actually governing.
Or fill it with gold...
The Hill
“This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and I fix it,” Trump said. “Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!”
The pool, located east of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, was completed in 1923. It is the largest reflecting pool in the nation’s capital.
Last year, nearly 8.5 million people visited the memorial, according to the National Park Service (NPS). It was dedicated to former President Lincoln in 1922.
Or make it a humongous letter T...
Newsweek
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, one of the most recognizable landmarks on the National Mall, was completed in 1923 as part of architect Henry Bacon’s design for the memorial complex honoring President Abraham Lincoln. Stretching nearly 2,000 feet between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, the long, shallow pool was intended to create a dramatic visual corridor that mirrored two of the capital’s most significant monuments. Over the decades, it has become a gathering place for major national events, including the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
The pool has undergone multiple renovations, including a major reconstruction completed in 2012 to modernize its aging infrastructure. The project added a new filtration system and replaced the pool’s original dirt-and-concrete basin, which frequently leaked and had long struggled with water quality problems. Despite periodic closures for maintenance, the Reflecting Pool remains one of Washington’s most visited and photographed sites, symbolizing national reflection and serving as a backdrop for demonstrations, celebrations and public life on the Mall.
Or maybe they’re just doing regular maintenance…
The Daily Beast
Aerial photos of the pool taken earlier this month show a significant amount of algae on its bottom, which was highlighted in the clip Trump shared on Truth Social.
Trump did not say how he will alter the pool. However, if his other remodels of MAGA 2.0 are any barometer, the space will be hardly recognizable by the time he is through with it.
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A spokesperson for the Department of the Interior, which oversees the National Park Service and, thus, the National Mall, told the Daily Beast in a comment that “as the Secretary [Doug Burgum] posted today, that as part of Making DC Beautiful Again, Interior is committed to this effort.”
Who fucking knows...
