Trump Displays Chart Comparing Renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to Major U.S. Skyscrapers
President Trump showed reporters a chart in the Oval Office comparing the length of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, and Sears Tower during an unscheduled executive order signing.
Washington ExaminerPresident Donald Trump displayed a chart in the Oval Office on Wednesday comparing the length of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, and Sears Tower. The chart presentation occurred during an unscheduled executive order signing ceremony that marked Trump’s first public appearance in a week.
Trump said the reflecting pool’s width is almost 200 feet wide.
“If you lay it on its side, you take two or three of them to fill it in,” he said. ” Earlier the same day, Trump announced that the reflecting pool was receiving its final coat of paint before being refilled and reopened to foot traffic. 9 million.
“I’m very proud of it,” Trump said Wednesday evening. “Maybe I shouldn’t say that before it opens. Maybe it’ll open, and it’ll leak like a sieve, but it’s not going to do.
Project undertaken during Trump’s administration. The Oval Office event took place amid heightened tensions regarding ceasefire negotiations with Iran.
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