Trump promotes Reflecting Pool makeover before Election Day
The gist
President Trump marked the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's re-opening in his final public remarks before Election Day.
The setting drew a Republican strategist's criticism that it wouldn't help undecided voters.
How it unfolded
- Nov 1, 2026Trump said in Iowa that the Reflecting Pool was "finished."
- Nov 2, 2026At the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Trump announced its official re-opening, devoting more than 20 minutes at the top of his remarks to the pool.
- Nov 2, 2026Trump held up a poster showing the previously algae-clogged pool while triumphant music played, in his last public appearance before Election Day.