In Reply to: John Fetterman is the loneliest man in Washington posted by mh on November 04, 2026 at 08:11:13
Donald Trump’s last appeal to midterm voters, held at the base of the Lincoln Memorial with the Reflecting Pool as a backdrop, exposed the fact that the restoration is already deteriorating, the Washington Post reported.
During his speech, Trump bragged about the renovation. “We fixed the leaks, we resurfaced the bottom in a beautiful dark blue,” he said, adding that it had been finished in “the strongest coating you can get.”
Right after the speech, two Washington Post reporters walked the entire perimeter of the reopened pool. They found several spots where the coating appeared to be "cracked or starting to peel." In at least 20 other areas, the color was "noticeably uneven, streaked with light blue" instead of the “American flag blue” Trump touted.