Don’t bring a bureaucratic grift op to a property developer fight;
The president said he scrapped plans to have the granite replaced, which he said was estimated to cost $301 million and would take at least three years.[…]
The president went with a plan to clean the granite and lay down a new “industrial grade pool” surface for $1.5 million, he said. All told, it would take a few weeks. Trump noted it would be ready well before July 4, when the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence.
Classic Trump.
I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who can save us $300 million.
Democrats are certain to attempt to block this $0.3 billion dollar savings in court. Judge Boasberg comes to mind.
exactly. RIGHT DOWN HIS ALLEY God Bless POTUS Donald Trump.
If it was in Carney’s Canada, the Indians and leftists would have it tied up in courts for years, and the project would be given to a Quebec company at ten times the cost.
Carney would give it to a Liberal insider who would subcontract it to a Quebec company at 100x the cost. The Liberal way the more grift……the better!
hahahaha……MAN YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If the Trump hired “pool guy” isn’t a minority, the injunctions will fly.
The Democrats will be pissing in the pool in no time.
The project is one more makeover refashioning the nation’s capital to Trump’s liking
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Mommmaaaaaaaa … Trump is bypassing the Historic Trust Division of The National Park Service … again. The Horror! The Horror! A Granite pool bottom is … natural … and Trump wants to coat it in a toxic slurry of forever chemicals! Oh NO! This will render the reflection of The Washington Monument in a sickly Hospital blue-green. We need a team of qualified Historic Preservationists to … study … waterproofing of the pool.
Someone needs to STOP this crazy, unhinged, Nutso POTUS. 25th Amendment Now! /sarc.
Trump did the same thing with the ice rink in New York!
https://thegyantv.com/news/how-trump-fixed-new-yorks-wollman-rink-ahead-of-schedule/
Wonder if the Canadian company he used is still around.
hello SDA once again l ‘snuck’ the story out from under the exhortation to sign up for a subscription to the news service. here it is:
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Gets a Blue Coating as Trump Tackles Renovation Project
President Donald Trump is having the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool coated in a swimming pool surface hued in “American flag blue,” covering a decades-old granite surface that he said was “leaking like a sieve” and would take years to replace
By Associated Press
April 23, 2026, at 7:20 p.m.
U.S. News & World Report
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Gets a Blue Coating as Trump Tackles Renovation Project
President Donald Trump holds a picture of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is having the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool coated in a swimming pool surface hued in “American flag blue,” covering up a decades-old granite surface that he said was “leaking like a sieve” and would take years to replace.
The president announced the renovation at an Oval Office event Thursday, saying the coating had already begun. He was inspired to tackle the project after a friend visited from Germany and lamented that the water was filthy and looked disgusting, Trump said.
“And I went over there with Secret Service in tow, and I said, isn’t that a shame? That’s terrible,” Trump said, showing reporters a photo of the site as it undergoes work.
The project is one more makeover refashioning the nation’s capital to Trump’s liking, following others such as the demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make room for a new ballroom.
Lined with stately elm trees between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, the reflecting pool is one of the most iconic sites in the capital. It’s where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
In Trump’s telling, the reflection pool project is a case study in business acumen. The president said he scrapped plans to have the granite replaced, which he said was estimated to cost $301 million and would take at least three years.
Instead, Trump said he called a few pool contractors he knows from past real estate projects — “I have a guy who’s unbelievable at doing swimming pools up the road,” Trump said.
The president went with a plan to clean the granite and lay down a new “industrial grade pool” surface for $1.5 million, he said. All told, it would take a few weeks. Trump noted it would be ready well before July 4, when the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence.
Trump brought up the project unprompted and spoke about it for several minutes at a White House event on efforts to reduce drug prices. He said he initially wanted a turquoise-colored surface “like in the Bahamas” but was sold when a contractor suggested “American flag blue.”
“You’re going to end up with a beautiful, beautiful reflecting pool,” Trump said, “the way it’s supposed to be, much better than it ever was.”
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