The Daily Beast
Kylie Cooper / REUTERS The costlier-than-anticipated renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington will result in “something very special,” Donald Trump promised on Wednesday. In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote at length about the project, which he initially said would cost $1.8 million, only for the Interior Department to announce later that it would be paying $13.1 million. The resealing and painting of the pool surface in “American flag blue,” Trump has said, would be completed in time for the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations in July. “I, together with Doug Burgum and the Department of Interior, am fixing it the right and proper way — It will last for many decades into the future,“ Trump, 79, wrote . Read more at The Daily Beast.
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