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Why Trump’s Reflecting Pool Repairs Are in Trouble
Federal records show the no-bid contract to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue currently costs $13.1 million. That’s nearly seven times the amount President Trump originally said it would cost.
Written by: David A. Fahrenthold, Nikolay Nikolov, Gilad Thaler, Rafaela Balster, Léo Hamelin, Stephanie Swart and Whitney Shefte
May 14, 2026
