Trump says 10 dumpsters full of garbage were taken out of Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool
President Trump announced that 10 dumpsters of garbage were removed from the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool during a Cabinet meeting. He criticized previous administrations for their failure to properly renovate the pool and claimed that extensive cleaning and restoration efforts were underway. The renovations are expected to be completed before the July 4 celebrations, coinciding with the nation's 250th anniversary.
- ▪Trump stated that 10 dumpsters of garbage were removed from the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
- ▪He accused previous administrations of failing to renovate the pool effectively.
- ▪The renovations are planned to be completed before July 4, in time for the nation's 250th anniversary.
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President Donald Trump claimed that 10 dumpsters of garbage were removed from the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool during a Wednesday afternoon Cabinet meeting. “We cleaned it. We fumigated it” Trump said of the Lincoln Memorial. “We had 10 major truck dumpsters of garbage taken out. Can you believe it?” Recommended Stories WATCH LIVE: Trump swears in Kevin Warsh at the White House Tobacco industry money causes MAHA-MAGA rift Todd Blanche to lobby GOP senators on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund He also claimed the reflecting pool “was disgusting. “They had massive amounts of garbage,” he said. “We then steam cleaned it, we then sandblasted it, and then we pebble blasted.
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