# Trump uses final major midterm speech to tout troubled Reflecting Pool renovation

https://mins.news/en/item/126913

- France 24, 2026-11-03 10:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261103-midterms-trump-uses-final-appeal-to-talk-about-troubled-reflecting-pool

> In his final major speech before the midterms, Donald Trump spent more than 20 minutes discussing pipes, joints and caulking while promoting renovations to Washington’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Delays, peeling paint and algae that turned the water green have made the project a symbol of government incompetence and misplaced priorities to critics.

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