{"id":2610753,"date":"2026-06-04T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-hell-build-lincoln-memorial-promenade\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:50:14","slug":"trump-announces-hell-build-lincoln-memorial-promenade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-hell-build-lincoln-memorial-promenade\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces he&#8217;ll build Lincoln Memorial &#8216;promenade&#8217;"},"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\">14<\/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%2Ftrump-announces-hell-build-lincoln-memorial-promenade%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=2610753&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>President donald Trump announced plans to build a pedestrian bridge that would connect the Lincoln Memorial directly to the Potomac River. He described the project as \u201cbreaking news\u201d while promoting a clean-energy event, and said the original design was supposed to link the memorial to the river but was delayed by later road construction that blocked access.<\/p>\n<p>Workers have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-water-crisis-drags-into-fifth-day\/\" title=\"Mississippi Water Crisis Drags Into Fifth Day\">begun filling<\/a> the Reflecting Pool as part of the Lincoln Memorial\u2019s renovation, and Trump said the new connection would be called \u201cthe promenade,\u201d joking that it might be labeled the \u201cTrump Promenade.\u201d Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said pedestrian access to the Potomac nearby is currently missing and that the bridge would complete the original vision by allowing visitors to walk around the memorial and reach the water after crossing highways.<\/p>\n<p>the White House and Interior Department did not say when construction would begin.  <\/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\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4594088\/trump-makes-splash-oval-office-chart-reflecting-pool-skyscrapers\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced on Thursday a plan to construct a pedestrian bridge connecting the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-mall\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2677\">Lincoln Memorial<\/a> directly to the Potomac River.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump announced the \u201cbreaking news\u201d during an Oval Office event promoting \u201cclean, beautiful coal\u201d as an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8777\">energy<\/a> source.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4595330\/trump-bipartisan-law-college-sports\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump urges Congress to \u2018save college sports\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4595133\/ayatollah-iran-defeated-us-trump-rubio-active\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ayatollah says Iran has \u2018defeated\u2019 US as Trump, Rubio acknowledge he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >playing active role<\/a> in regime<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4594580\/freedom250-fuel-leak-national-mall-smaller\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Freedom250 says fuel leak on National Mall was smaller than initially reported<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re doing something that just came up. We\u2019ll have a little breaking news here, because nobody\u2019s heard of it, but at the Lincoln Memorial, the front was supposed to be the back, the back was supposed to be the front,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-teacher-union-president-disgusted-that-schools-are-reopening\/\" title=\"Philadelphia Teacher Union President \u2018Disgusted... That Schools Are Reopening\">president told<\/a> a gathered group of reporters. \u201cIt never got built because they built two roadways behind it after it was built, and it shut off the gateway to the water that was really going to be the main entry.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments came shortly after workers began filling the memorial\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4594088\/trump-makes-splash-oval-office-chart-reflecting-pool-skyscrapers\/\">Reflecting Pool<\/a>, the final step in the president\u2019s renovation of the historic landmark. Trump said the connection between the Lincoln Memorial and the Potomac would be called \u201cthe promenade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey want to call it the Trump Promenade, but I don\u2019t know if I want to do that,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be beautiful. It\u2019s a beautiful project, and it\u2019s going to take the Lincoln Memorial right down to the Potomac, which it was always scheduled to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the plans \u201chave existed almost since the end of the Civil War.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn the backside of the Lincoln, as President Trump described, right now there\u2019s no pedestrian access,\u201d said Burgum. \u201cYou\u2019re on the Mall, people come from around the world. They don\u2019t know that 100 yards away is the beautiful Potomac River, which was part of the original plan. And now they\u2019d be able to walk around the Lincoln Memorial, walk on a pedestrian bridge over the first highway, walk over the next one, and right down to the water. It would complete the vision. These projects would complete the original vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4594252\/scott-bessent-economic-nationalism-trump-salesman\/\"><strong>SCOTT BESSENT BECOMES CHIEF SALESMAN FOR TRUMP\u2019S ECONOMIC SECURITY PITCH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House and the Interior Department did not answer questions on when construction of \u201cthe Promenade\u201d would begin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch Trump\u2019s comments in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"eafk0lNExQE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Makes an Announcement on Beautiful, Clean Coal\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eafk0lNExQE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump unveils plan for a pedestrian bridge from Lincoln Memorial to Potomac<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2610754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26155713493801.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[53770,32603,80838,3634,32405],"class_list":["post-2610753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-lincoln-memorial","tag-political-news","tag-promenade","tag-trump","tag-united-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26155713493801.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610757,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610753\/revisions\/2610757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}