Badlands Media Special Coverage: 11/2/26 - Trump Opens the Restored Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

President Trump speaks at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on November 2, the day before Election Day, to announce the official opening of the restored Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He says the pool had never worked since 1922 and was leaking 40,000 gallons a day, then walks through the repairs: new pipes, resurfaced granite, a soft dark blue finish, new grass and the cleanup of graffiti and vandalism around the Mall, including an 8647 tag. He thanks Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the National Park Service, the Park Police and the National Guard, and points to falling crime in Washington, Memphis and New Orleans. Trump previews a Triumphal Arch near Arlington Bridge, a white stone promenade and a renovated public golf course on the Potomac, and turns to the midterms, the economy, energy prices, Iran and Greenland. Secretary Burgum then speaks about the restoration and the national park sites before the President returns to close the event. Here are the full remarks.