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Trump Just Got CAUGHT In Illegal Construction Project... Really American
Really American host Corinne Straight breaks down how Trump's latest "construction" project in DC may (but definitely did) involve illegal maneuvers with the contractors, leading to even more suspicious surrounding the administration... - 05/08/2026.
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https://kfor.com/news/local/oklahoma-based-companies-working-on-lincoln-memorial-renovation/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/trumps-reflecting-pool-spruce-up-fails-charm-preservationists-00895457?gpp=DBABLA~BVQqAAAAAgA.QA
This from the man who famously had a solid gold toilet installed in his condo, and has tarted up the "Oval Office.” A blue liner…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-visit-b2972698.html
Oklahoma-based companies working on Lincoln Memorial renovation
by: Kari King / KFOR
Posted: Apr 29, 2026 / 11:09 AM CDT
Updated: Apr 29, 2026 / 11:09 AM CDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Two Oklahoma companies are working on a large project in our nation’s capital.
This week, Atoka-based “Exodus Mobile Cleaning” is preparing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool for a large renovation.
The installation process began on Thursday and is expected to take several days and cost around $1.5 million, Trump announced in an Oval Office press briefing.
President Trump said this week, “American Flag Blue” will be applied, and will cover up the original stone and granite lining the pool.
Another Oklahoma company, Mid-America Coating, is laying down a blue seal before the pool is refilled.
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by: Kari King / KFOR
Posted: Apr 29, 2026 / 11:09 AM CDT
Updated: Apr 29, 2026 / 11:09 AM CDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Two Oklahoma companies are working on a large project in our nation’s capital.
This week, Atoka-based “Exodus Mobile Cleaning” is preparing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool for a large renovation.
The installation process began on Thursday and is expected to take several days and cost around $1.5 million, Trump announced in an Oval Office press briefing.
President Trump said this week, “American Flag Blue” will be applied, and will cover up the original stone and granite lining the pool.
Another Oklahoma company, Mid-America Coating, is laying down a blue seal before the pool is refilled.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/trumps-reflecting-pool-spruce-up-fails-charm-preservationists-00895457?gpp=DBABLA~BVQqAAAAAgA.QA
Trump’s reflecting pool spruce-up fails to charm preservationists
The president ordered the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to be coated with a blue liner.
By HEATHER RICHARDS and RYLAN DIGIACOMO-RAPP
04/28/2026 05:07 PM EDT
Construction workers in yellow and orange milled about the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Tuesday morning, where a rectangular patch of brilliant blue signaled President Donald Trump’s latest effort to remake the nation’s capital.
Trump last week announced that the reflecting pool — the granite foreground for Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech — would be coated with a commercial-grade liner in a color dubbed “American Flag Blue.” The painted-on material, commonly used in swimming pools, is intended as a lower-cost alternative to major repairs aimed at stopping long-standing leaks.
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The president ordered the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to be coated with a blue liner.
By HEATHER RICHARDS and RYLAN DIGIACOMO-RAPP
04/28/2026 05:07 PM EDT
Construction workers in yellow and orange milled about the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Tuesday morning, where a rectangular patch of brilliant blue signaled President Donald Trump’s latest effort to remake the nation’s capital.
Trump last week announced that the reflecting pool — the granite foreground for Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech — would be coated with a commercial-grade liner in a color dubbed “American Flag Blue.” The painted-on material, commonly used in swimming pools, is intended as a lower-cost alternative to major repairs aimed at stopping long-standing leaks.
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This from the man who famously had a solid gold toilet installed in his condo, and has tarted up the "Oval Office.” A blue liner…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-visit-b2972698.html
Trump rebukes female reporter over ‘stupid question’ after Lincoln Memorial drive-by to check out work by his ‘pool guy’
The president announced a project last month to resurface the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial
Josh Marcus
Friday 08 May 2026 03:28 BST
President Donald Trump and members of his administration made an unusual visit to the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, driving the presidential motorcade through the empty reflecting pool that the president recently ordered contractors to renovate.
When pressed with questions about why he was focused on an ornamental project when gas prices are soaring because of the Iran war, President Trump castigated ABC News reporter Rachel Scott.
The president claimed the memorial had previously been “disgusting” and that truckloads of trash had been removed since the pool project began last month.
“That’s not what our country is about,” Trump said. “Our country is about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people. Not a filthy capital. That’s such a stupid question that you asked. We’re fixing up the reflecting pond to the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and you say, ‘Why are you fixing it up?’ Because you can understand dirt maybe better than I can, but I don’t allow it.”
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The president announced a project last month to resurface the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial
Josh Marcus
Friday 08 May 2026 03:28 BST
President Donald Trump and members of his administration made an unusual visit to the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, driving the presidential motorcade through the empty reflecting pool that the president recently ordered contractors to renovate.
When pressed with questions about why he was focused on an ornamental project when gas prices are soaring because of the Iran war, President Trump castigated ABC News reporter Rachel Scott.
The president claimed the memorial had previously been “disgusting” and that truckloads of trash had been removed since the pool project began last month.
“That’s not what our country is about,” Trump said. “Our country is about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people. Not a filthy capital. That’s such a stupid question that you asked. We’re fixing up the reflecting pond to the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and you say, ‘Why are you fixing it up?’ Because you can understand dirt maybe better than I can, but I don’t allow it.”
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And it does make me sick, a valuable historical icon - another one belonging to The People - possibly ruined for good... 
