Trump plans closing election pitch at the Reflecting Pool after troubled revamp

President Donald Trump said Sunday he may stage his final midterm pitch at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a Washington restoration effort that has been late, expensive and embarrassing. Speaking to reporters in Iowa, he said an event there would show off the site's beauty, and suggested it could happen as soon as Monday. That would break from a month of more than 25 rallies in mostly conservative areas, as Republicans try to hold their congressional majorities despite weak approval numbers and polling that points to Democratic gains over the Iran war and rising costs, according to The Independent.

The Independent reports that Trump began the project in April, promising a quick fix for about $1. 5 million before Independence Day. Work ran nearly three months past that target, and spending grew to more than ten times his estimate. After he declared it done in June, algae spread through the water and the blue liner began peeling, forcing another draining in mid-July.

Trump blames vandals. The office of U. S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro attributes the failures to poor workmanship. Prosecutors charged former Olympian David Hearn with causing damage, then dropped the case, and a judge dismissed it permanently.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →