Trump touts progress on his multi-million greenback revamp of reflecting pool at Lincoln Memorial | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump has highlighted progress being made in his multimillion-dollar revamp of the reflecting pool in entrance of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

While en path to Florida Friday afternoon, the president posted photographs exhibiting staff coating the underside of the two,000-foot-long pool in a layer of vibrant blue paint.

“Starting the final phase of Renovation that was supposed to cost 301 Million Dollars, and take three years, and was instead done, with the help of Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, and his entire Department, and a much better final result – 2 Million Dollars in one week,” the 79-year-old billionaire wrote on Truth Social.

“I do many such things for Government and, as President, it is my Honor to do so,” he added. “This is just one of them.”

He additionally posted a rendering of the whole pool, refilled with water, alongside the caption: “Coming Soon.”

Earlier within the day, Burgum shared a close-up of the work, exhibiting hard-hatted crews contained in the drained pool, which is fenced off from guests. While crouched down the employees inspected a contemporary coat of paint.

“Thank you @POTUS for investing in our capital,” he wrote on X. “The Reflecting Pool is about to look better than ever!”

The Independent has contacted the White House for remark about the price of the makeover.

On Thursday, Trump spoke to reporters at size about his renovations whereas seated within the Oval Office.

He complained that the ornamental physique of water — which is roughly the size of six American soccer fields — “never looked great” as a result of the stone backside was “not really meant to be a stone that’s underwater for that much of a period of time.”

Trump introduced up the mission unprompted and spoke about it for a number of minutes at a White House occasion on efforts to scale back drug costs. He mentioned he initially needed a turquoise-colored floor “like in the Bahamas” however was offered when a contractor urged “American flag blue.”

The reflecting pool, the centerpiece of the National Mall, was accomplished within the early Nineteen Twenties. It is drained a number of occasions yearly to wash away algae and restore harm.

Trump advised reporters that the Biden administration had solicited bids to revamp the pool that might have price $301 million and take greater than three years to finish.

So, the president advised reporters, he determined to make use of a contractor — who he known as his “pool guy” — who used to construct swimming pools at his Trump inns and residential towers. He mentioned he’d been advised the renovation would take weeks — not years — and would “cost about a million and a half dollars.”

It’s simply one among many modifications the president has made and hopes to make to the nation’s capital.

Since returning to workplace, he has paved over the Rose Garden, put in towering flag poles on the White House garden and torn down the East Wing to construct a colossal ballroom.

He additionally plans to erect a large triumphal arch on the banks of the Potomac River. On Friday, he additionally boasted of fixing the fountains in Lafayette Park, positioned subsequent to the White House.