Trump announces plan to add 'promenade' to Lincoln Memorial
Trump said the project could extend to the Potomac, but he gave few details and records show $14.8 million in contracts for the Reflecting Pool work.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump interrupted a White House 'Beautiful, Clean Coal' event to propose a pedestrian promenade extending from the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River.
- Trump justified the proposal by claiming the Lincoln Memorial's original design had the front and back reversed, and that a promenade was never constructed because officials built two roadways behind the structure.
- During the presentation, the president displayed video of water flowing into the newly resealed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which holds roughly 6.5 million gallons, emphasizing his beautification efforts.
- Teasing the project, Trump provided few details but remarked that "they want to call it the 'Trump Promenade'," expressing uncertainty about adopting his name for the site.
- Critics noted the pivot from the energy investment reflects the president's frequent focus on monument restoration, part of a broader series of beautification initiatives throughout the capital.
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WASHINGTON.– U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday plans to add a possible “Trump Pass” to the iconic Lincoln Monument, in his most recent attempt to leave his mark on the capital. Trump said the gateway would connect the huge marble monument, built to commemorate President Abraham Lincoln of the Civil War era, with the nearby Potomac River. “They want to call him the Trump Walk,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office while pr…
Trump unveils plan to add ‘Trump promenade’ to Lincoln Memorial
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans to add a potential “Trump promenade” to the iconic Lincoln Memorial, in his latest grandiose bid to leave his mark on the US capital. Trump said the walkway would link the huge marble monument, built to commemorate Civil War-era president Abraham Lincoln, to the nearby Potomac River. “They want to call it the Trump Promenade,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he unveiled the project fo…
American President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he wants to build a promenade that bears his name at Lincoln Memorial, an emblematic building of the American capital, reports AFP.
Washington is expected to receive a "Trump Promenade". US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday at the White House that the new flannel mile should connect the monument to former President Abraham Lincoln with the nearby Potomac River. "You want to call it the Trump Promenade," said the 79-year-old. "I don't know if I want that, but it will be beautiful," he added. The Lincoln Memorial is one of the most visited attractions of the US capi…
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