{"id":2610683,"date":"2026-06-04T14:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-crews-turn-pump-on-to-refill-reflecting-pool-after-renovations\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:18:39","slug":"watch-live-crews-turn-pump-on-to-refill-reflecting-pool-after-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-crews-turn-pump-on-to-refill-reflecting-pool-after-renovations\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Crews turn pump on to refill Reflecting Pool after renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-crews-turn-pump-on-to-refill-reflecting-pool-after-renovations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Crews have started refilling the Reflecting Pool near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after weeks of renovations. The basin was cleaned and fumigated, with about 10 large truckloads of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/locals-fed-up-as-decommissioned-wind-turbines-pile-up-in-their-small-town-a-hazard-all-the-way-around\/\" title=\"Locals frustrated as unused wind turbines accumulate in their town: &#039;A dangerous situation&#039;\">waste removed<\/a>, according to President Donald Trump. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bomber-and-alleged-christian-convert-al-swealmeen-abused-dysfunctional-asylum-system-to-stay-in-uk-patel\/\" title=\"Bomber and Alleged Christian Convert Al Swealmeen Abused &#039;Dysfunctional&#039; Asylum System to Stay in UK: Patel\">pool\u2019<\/a>s basin was resurfaced with a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >blue coating<\/a> that Trump described as \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d Crews in Washington, D.C. have begun refilling the Reflecting Pool near the Lincoln Memorial after weeks of renovations. The basin was cleaned and fumigated, and roughly 10 large truckloads of waste were removed, according to President Donald Trump.The pool\u2019s basin was then resurfaced with a blue coating Trump described as \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crews have begun refilling the Reflecting Pool near the Lincoln Memorial in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"260\">Washington<\/a> after weeks of renovations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe cleaned it. We fumigated it,\u201d President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> said of the Lincoln Memorial. \u201cWe had 10 major truck dumpsters of garbage taken out. 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Trump called the color \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crews are refilling the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after renovations. 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