From the Right · Watch · November 2, 2026
Nov 2 · On the eve of the midterms, President Trump gives his final scheduled remarks at the reopened Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, jokes about renaming it the Trump Reflecting Pool and calls the Democratic slate the most extreme in American history
Newsmax: TRUMP at Reflecting Pool: "Washington, D.C. went from one of the most unsafe places in this country to one of the safest cities in the country."
Grade A (100/100). Trump at the Reflecting Pool credits Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, says 83 statues and fountains were fixed and says crime in Washington is down close to 90 percent
A: No problems found.
Splits: Trump at the Reflecting Pool credits Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, says 83 statues and fountains were fixed and says crime in Washington is down close to 90 percent
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