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'Problem of Mr. Trump's making': Expert reveals how tariffs torpedoed favorite pet project
Trump Broke the Pool, Then Blamed RealityA vanity project meets its own constraintsThe New York Times report describes a renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that went off the rails after Donald Trump wanted it finished before July 4. A golf club manager for the Trump Organization helped drive the project, a first-time contractor was brought in, and tariff-driven material shortages forced substitutions. The result was a botched job on one of the country’s most recognizable public spaces.The decision-maker was not the contractorThe institutional power here sat with Trump. He…
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