Trump rides through Lincoln Memorial icon to check out renovation work by his ‘pool guy’

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President Donald Trump and members of his administration made an unusual visit to the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, driving the presidential motorcade through the empty Reflecting Pool that the president has ordered contractors to renovate.

Last month, complaining of the state of the iconic Washington landmark, the president said his pool “guy” would resurface the Reflecting Pool with an upgraded “industrial grade” finish in “American flag blue.”

White House communications advisor Margo Martin wrote on X on Thursday that the visit to the pool was meant to “see the progress of the project and meet the hardworking team behind it.”

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