Trump says memorial won’t be fixed by July 4 as contractor warns repairs will take 'weeks' (opens in new tab)

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — which has been a part of the U.S. capital since the early 1920s — suffered from algae and cracking, peeling liner. Trump was hoping that the Reflecting Pool would be fully repaired in time for celebrations of the United States' 250th anniversary. But according to Politico's E&E News, Trump is now conceding that the repairs may not be finished before then.In Politico/E&E, reporters Kinnia Cheuk and Heather Richards explain, "President Donald Trump's beloved R...