Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool gets a blue coating as Trump tackles renovation project
In Trump’s telling, the reflection pool project is a case study in business acumen. The president said he scrapped plans to have the granite replaced, which he said was estimated to cost $301 million and would take at least three years.
The usual haters will think this is a bad idea and some judge will delay Trump’s project, but I like having a president who wants to fix some shit and has a plausible and economical way to do it.
The president went with a plan to clean the granite and lay down a new “industrial grade pool” surface for $1.5 million, he said. All told, it would take a few weeks. Trump noted it would be ready well before July 4, when the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence.
Fourteen years ago, the reflecting pool got a $34 million renovation that held up for a few years before having more problems.
Trump says he’s built maybe a 100 swimming pools and has some guys. If it holds up for 20 or 30 years before it needs to be redone, that’s great.
