President Trump unveiled the next phase in his revitalization of the nation’s capital, aimed, he said, at erasing former President Joe Biden’s “filth and incompetence.”
“This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and I fix it,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday alongside a video set to Andrea Bocelli’s “Time to Say Goodbye.”
“Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!” he wrote.
The 29-second video featured footage of workers draining water from the famed national landmark close to the White House and clearing green algae that had collected on the sides.
“Make DC Beautiful Again,” a message read in the video.
Trump did not share specific renovations to the pool, which comes after his controversial renovations East Wing of the White House with a new ballroom.
The National Mall and Memorial Parks shared a photo of crews clearing the pool ahead of the holidays.
“Just like straightening up the house before your holiday company arrives, we’re cleaning the Reflecting Pool,” the National Parks page wrote on Facebook.
“The Super Scrubber will be in action the next few days as our fearless Facilities Management crew gets the fallen leaves, trash, and stinky goose poop out of the pool. It will then take several days for the pool to refill. Please, DO NOT WALK in the Reflecting Pool.”
The 1923 pool underwent an 18-month reconstruction to address issues that caused it to sink and leak. It reopened in August 2012 at a cost of $30.74 million.
Trump has been busy renovating the White House, putting his own touches into the residence since taking office in January.
His second-term construction projects at the White House have blown away the pace of changes during his first term.
So far this year, he has installed massive flagpoles on the north and south lawns, paved over the Rose Garden lawn with white stone, gilded with gold leaf both the Oval Office and Cabinet Room, gutted the Lincoln Bedroom’s bathroom, re-marbled the Palm Room that connects the main White House and West Wing, and installed his photographic “Presidential Walk of Fame” on the West Wing Colonnade.
