US EditionTrump Says He'll Resurface the Bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Turning It Blue
Trump said the $1.5 million project will use an industrial-grade coating and finish well before July 4, far sooner than a $301 million overhaul.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump showcased the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation, highlighting progress on the new "American flag blue" industrial coating applied to the basin.
- The initiative began after a friend from Germany criticized the pool as "filthy," prompting Trump to task Interior Secretary Doug Burgum with repairs to the decades-old granite foundation described as "leaking like a sieve."
- Trump rejected a previous proposal costing roughly $301 million and taking three years, instead selecting private contractors for $1.5 million with work expected to finish in one week.
- Work on the basin coincides with broader beautification projects across Washington, including Kennedy Center renovations, as part of Trump's effort to refashion federal landmarks.
- Officials plan to complete the pool renovation "long before July 4" for the nation's 250th anniversary, fulfilling a March 2025 executive order to beautify federal land ahead of the semiquincentennial.
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US President Donald Trump lets the famous Reflecting Pool at Lincoln Memorial, a water pool in the heart of Washington, miss a swimming pool floor. The water pool, before which civil rights activist Martin Luther King had held his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, was "in terrible condition", the president and long-time real estate agent complained in a white house-wide video. The Washington-based Reflecting Pool is "dirty and dirty" and "…
Once Martin Luther King held his famous »I have a Dream« speech here. Now the US President is giving the water pool at Lincoln Memorial a new floor – with swimming pool covering.
U.S. President Donald Trump has the famous Reflecting Pool at Lincoln Memorial, a water pool in the heart of Washington, missed a swimming pool floor. Workers were on Saturday lining the floor of the Reflecting Pool with blue material, which is usually used in swimming pools. Trump had announced his plan on Thursday. The water pool, before which civil rights activist Martin Luther King had held his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, was "in…
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Trump orders new, blue surface for Washington's Reflecting Pool
Workers on Saturday were resurfacing the bottom of Washington's famous Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with "American flag blue"-colored material used in swimming pools, following an order by US President Donald Trump.
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