Trump drives across Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to inspect new blue coating hes putting on it
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday went on an unannounced trip to the Lincoln Memorial to see the Reflecting Pool after he had it coated in a color he calls “American flag blue. ”But he did more than just see it — he drove across it and answered questions from reporters who were taken there before he arrived. The Republican president also said he's working on the memorial itself, but offered no specifics about those plans. “We have a beautiful plan for that too,”...
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- Trump drives across Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to inspect new blue coating hes putting on it
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