Trump Brags About Tacky Makeover of Another National Treasure

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Donald Trump has unveiled a MAGA makeover of the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a wild rant claiming he drew crowd sizes as big as Martin Luther King’s.

As the war in Iran entered another day, Trump took time out of his schedule to produce a three-minute social media video revealing his latest renovation obsession, followed by 10 minutes of off-script remarks in the Oval Office, boasting about how he scored a cheap deal to fix the “filthy” landmark.

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