HUGE: President Trump Confirms Plans To Renovate ‘Filthy’ DC Landmark

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President Donald Trump has followed through with an array of efforts aimed at achieving his promise to “Make America Great Again.”

But since he’s been a resident of Washington, DC, he’s been pursuing a side mission of restoring some sense of sanity and civility to the nation’s far-left capital district.

His latest push to that end is attracting widespread attention across mainstream and social media platforms, including NBC News:

President Donald Trump touted plans Thursday to coat the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool in an “American flag blue” hue, one of his latest construction efforts to refashion government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C.

Trump said he was inspired to oversee renovations after a friend visited from Germany and noted its decay.

“He said, ‘it’s filthy, dirty. The water is disgusting looking. It’s not representative of the country,'” Trump recalled during a White House event Thursday on drug prices.

Trump himself promoted the plan in a social media post:

President Trump just dropped this gem!

Trump saved America $298 MILLION on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool:

The historic pool, where MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, was a leaking, filthy disaster.

Government bureaucrats wanted $300 MILLION and 3+ years to rip it… pic.twitter.com/JsIJL3bLAr

— Gunther Eagleman

(@GuntherEagleman) April 23, 2026

Here’s the full text of the commentary from above:

Trump saved America $298 MILLION on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool:

The historic pool, where MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, was a leaking, filthy disaster.

Government bureaucrats wanted $300 MILLION and 3+ years to rip it up.

Trump said hell no.

Called in real pool experts, scrubbed the original granite, sealed it, and topped it with American Flag Blue industrial coating.

$1.5–2 MILLION

Done in 2 weeks

Will last 40–50 years and look better than 1922

This is how you run government like a business.

Promises kept! Taxpayer dollars saved!

A number of supporters heaped praise on the Trump administration for undertaking the beautification project:

BOOM! President Trump's renovations are 100% underway to fix up and beautify the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

47 is saving HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of tax dollars doing it this way.

Having a builder-in-chief has its benefits. The left HATES nice things like this

pic.twitter.com/2NaS9hEypc

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 24, 2026

If anyone doubts the need, here’s the Lincoln reflecting pool mess before his repairs: pic.twitter.com/UWODdlh32e

— emily miller (@emilymiller) April 24, 2026

CBS News provided additional details about the planned renovation:

Built in the 1920s, the Reflecting Pool and its surroundings were comprehensively renovated in 2012, paid for by $34 million in Obama-era stimulus funding. The National Park Service has carried out some renovations since then, and the pool is also periodically drained to scrub out algae, garbage, goose droppings and other detritus.

But during an Oval Office event on drug prices, Mr. Trump said he is disturbed by the “terrible” condition of the pool, a historic sight that featured heavily in Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington and other major events at the Lincoln Memorial.

He estimated that renovating the pool will take about a week and cost roughly $1.5 million. He said contractors have begun working on the stones, and started laying down its new “industrial-grade” surface on Thursday.

“You’re going to end up with a beautiful, beautiful reflecting pool, the way it’s supposed to be,” he said, showing photos of the construction process. “Much better than it ever was, actually.”

Here’s a full clip of his announcement:

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