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reflecting pool in Washington DC on Friday. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Workers renovating one of Washington DC’s most historically significant
Reflecting Pool blue](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/11/g-s1-121548/a-nonprofit-has-sued-the-federal-government-over-its-plans-to-paint-the-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-blue) The renovation project expanded significantly beyond the initial public cost estimate of $2 million, to more than $14 million by the time work was completed. A Virginia-based contractor
historic moments, including presidential inaugurations and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. But the pool, built of asphalt and tile on extremely marshy soil, deteriorated considerably over the decades
historic national events – including this year's World Cup, the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and America's 250th birthday celebrations. The last of these, with its red-white-and-blue pageantry dripping with
reflecting pool resurfacing, Kennedy Center renovations and a triumphal arch are among the many changes Trump wants to make in D.C.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2835x2835+1085+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F02%2Ff18099434cdca3830d2a3babb7e5%2Fdiptych-3.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5798651/trump-dc-construction-tracker-ballroom-arch) ### [National](https://www.npr.org/sections/national/) ### [The many ways Trump wants to change
reflecting pool was awarded without a bidding process as “there is no one else in the world that does what we do”. He added: “I’m nothing officially in the company [Greenwater Services]. They
significant part, a wheat price shock translated into a political rupture. Sri Lanka’s government collapse took place after the pandemic compounded pre-existing foreign exchange and debt crises. Pakistan’s 2022-2023 unrest
reflecting pool project gets a mixed reaction in D.C.](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5802343/reflecting-pool-resurfacing-blue-trump) Trump has been talking publicly about fixing the pool since at least November 2025, but ramped up his efforts in April after what