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Trump jokes about renaming Reflecting Pool after himself

Trump’s remark came as he touted renovations and followed a series of administration moves to rename landmarks and geographic features.

Summary
A day before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump joked that he would rename the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the “Trump Reflecting Pool.” Trump’s joke came during a speech the White House billed as the president's “closing argument” to voters heading to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, as his party seeks to hold slim majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives.

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INSTEAD of the election, Trump spoke ahead of the vote about rebuilding Washington and proposed renaming the city and the Reflecting Pool after himself.

·Zagreb, Croatia
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We are seriously thinking of changing her name: Trump Reflecting Pool. We will announce it tomorrow. Donald Trump jokes about the possibility of renamed with his own name the monumental tank of the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, during the ceremony for the reopening after the restoration work. The president of the United States, after having assumed that the announcement can be entrusted to the secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, clarifies …

·Turin, Italy
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Center

The president suggested, in a joke, to rename the reflective basin "Trump Reflecting Pool".

·Montreal, Canada
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The US president could imagine renaming the pool to "Trump Reflecting Pool". Months ago, the renovation work began, after which the water turned green.

·Vienna, Austria
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USA Today broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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