The enormous fiasco of Trump’s reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial: from Avatar to Shrek
Donald Trump bombarded his social network for months with boasts about the renovation of the reflecting pool at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, one of Washington D.C.’s most iconic monuments, the site of Martin Luther King’s historic 1963 speech and a familiar image in countless movies. The U.S. president bragged that he would fix the pool so it would look spectacular by July 4, to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States’ independence from the British crown. A total of $14.2 million has been spent fixing the pool’s alleged leaks and painting it blue. And not just any blue — the dark blue of the U.S. flag. In this way, the Republican president said, the Washington Monument—the tall obelisk at the center of the city—would be reflected in the pool like a postcard image.
