Overview
- Crews began applying a blue swimming‑pool coating to the Reflecting Pool following Thursday’s White House video announcement by President Trump.
- Trump said the job will take about three weeks and cost roughly $1.5 million.
- He said he rejected a full stone restoration estimated at $300 million that officials projected would take three years.
- Trump said he brought in a contractor he has used before and cited his experience building more than 100 pools.
- The pool fronts the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, which has fueled alarm from preservation groups as Trump pursues other capital projects.