Trump Revamps Lincoln Memorial Pool with Flag Liner

0:00President Trump is revamping the Lincoln Memorial, reflecting pool by coating it with an industrial swimming pool liner and American-flied blue. The decades-old Granite Bottom was leaking badly, so he's skipping a full replacement for this quick fix that started this week. A friend from Germany sparked the idea after complaining about the dirty water during a visit. Trump checked it out himself and tapped contractors he knows from his real estate days to handle the job fast. This iconic spot, lined with elm trees between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, hosted Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous, I Have a Dream. Speechback in 1963, it's the latest in Trump's tweaks to spruce up the nation's capital. He ditched plans for a three-year granite overhaul that would have cost $301 million. Now it's just a deep clean plus the new liner for $1.5 million wrapping up in weeks. Expect that pool to shine brighter than ever by July 4th festivities, turning a leaky eye-sour into a true showpiece.

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