Trump blames 'vandals' for problems with $14 million Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool renovation
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Mikey Smith
Summary
Donald Trump's $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool has been widely criticized as a botched job, with Trump blaming "vandals" for the problems without providing evidence. The refurbishment replaced a planned $300 million, three-year renovation that Trump had previously cancelled. The project has become a subject of ridicule in Washington.
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· 3 pulledDonald Trump blamed "real problems" with his botched $14 million makeover of a beloved landmark on "vandals" - without providing any evidence.
Trump's bodge-job refurb of the reflecting pool at the Lincoln memorial has become the focus of ridicule in Washington this week.
Earlier this year he cancelled a planned renovation of the landmark - the location of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech - which would have taken three years and cost $300m.
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