'National embarrassment' - Nicolle RIPS Trump over his unrelenting fixation on Reflecting Pool
President Donald Trump has spent an unusual amount of time focusing on the renovation problems surrounding the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool while facing larger national and international issues. The controversy centers on a roughly $14 million renovation project that has been plagued by algae growth, peeling blue coating, and Trump's claims that vandals damaged the pool. Trump has repeatedly discussed the issue in public remarks and on social media, while critics argue the attention devoted to the project is disproportionate. Wallace and other commentators have portrayed the Reflecting…
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