"The president unloaded in a Truth Social screed shortly after 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning, raging over reporting that the Interior Department plans to pay a contractor $13.1 million for the project, far above the $1.8 million figure Trump publicly floated while unveiling the plan last month."
"Federal records cited by The Times show the Interior Department increased the contract by $6.2 million beyond the original estimate, bringing the project total to roughly $8 million before additional costs are factored in, and revealed that the administration awarded the no-bid contract to Atlantic Industrial Coatings, a firm that had reportedly renovated pools at Trump's Virginia golf club in the past."
"Taking to Truth Social, Trump appeared incandescent over allegations of the ballooning price tag, insisting The Times was trying to justify [Barack] Obama and [Joe] Biden's expensively botched attempt at fixing the long broken, unsightly, and unsanitary pool. They squandered at least 55 Million Dollars haplessly trying, with no chance of success, to get the Reflecting Pool to work, he wrote."
"Instead, they made it worse, keeping it closed for years, and ending up with a leaking, smelling, ode to both of their failed Administrations. It was and [sic] embarrassment to Washington, D.C., and to our Country, itself. Despite the vast sums of money spent, they never got the pool to work, and cosmetically it was a total mess for all to see."
The Interior Department plans to pay a contractor $13.1 million for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool makeover, far above the $1.8 million figure Trump publicly floated. Federal records cited show the contract was increased by $6.2 million beyond the original estimate, bringing the project total to roughly $8 million before additional costs. The administration awarded a no-bid contract to Atlantic Industrial Coatings, a firm reported to have renovated pools at Trump’s Virginia golf club. The work includes repairing leaks and repainting parts of the structure American flag blue. Trump criticized the reporting, blamed prior administrations for a failed attempt, and portrayed himself as the only figure who could fix bureaucratic incompetence.
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