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Trump SCRAMBLING To Save National Monument He Screwed Up, May Already Be Too Late
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6:53Now PlayingTrump’s plan to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue has reportedly ballooned from $1.8 million to $13.1 million, using a no-bid contractor with no listed pool experience and drawing from National Park visitor fees. The work is already showing bubbles, holes, and uneven coating, despite Trump promising a fifty-year fix. Americans paid to protect public lands, not to fund a rushed vanity paint job on one of the country’s most sacred democratic spaces. Ring of Fire's Josh G. explains.
NYT, “Reflecting Pool repairs to cost $13.1 million after Trump promised $1.8 million”
NYT, Park Service fees in Washington
The Hill, “Trump work cost on Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool jumps by $11.3 million”
Center for Western Priorities, “Trump used Park Service to funnel millions to ballroom construction firm”
Interior Department press release on Americafirst park access
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