{"id":591134,"date":"2026-04-24T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=591134"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:40:05","slug":"businessman-president-trump-shares-commonsense-way-he-saved-taxpayers-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=591134","title":{"rendered":"Businessman President Trump shares commonsense way he saved taxpayers MILLIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald J. Trump dropped a video this week explaining how he worked to save taxpayers millions of dollars on restoring the Lincoln Memorial\u2019s Reflecting Pool, which is the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s historic \u201cI have a dream\u201d speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, it\u2019s got no water in it because it was in terrible shape. It was filthy, dirty, and it leaked like a sieve for many years,\u201d the president said in the video. \u201cSo I actually went over, went with Secret Service and a group of people, and I took a look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump explained that the initial plan was to remove the granite in the pool and replace it with stone, which would have cost $300 million and taken over three years to complete.<\/p>\n

Believing there\u2019s a \u201cbetter way\u201d to restore the reflecting pool, Trump said he got in touch with private contractors he has worked with in the past and was told the project could be done for $2 million or less.<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\" President Trump just dropped this gem!<\/p>\n

Trump saved America $298 MILLION on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool:<\/p>\n

The historic pool, where MLK gave his \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech, was a leaking, filthy disaster.<\/p>\n

Government bureaucrats wanted $300 MILLION and 3+ years to rip it\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/JsIJL3bLAr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gunther Eagleman\"\u2122\" (@GuntherEagleman) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe scrubbed the surface of the existing granite that\u2019s been there since 1922. We then grouted all of the granite, fixed it up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took about two weeks, and now we have a nice, clean surface on which we\u2019re putting an industrial-grade swimming pool topping,\u201d he said, adding that the color will be \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump said the renovation will be completed \u201clong before July 4,\u201d which will mark the country\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019ll stay clean. We even have robots that go in it\u2026 they clean it like a swimming pool,\u2019 he said in another video from the White House.<\/p>\n

\u2018You can have a beautiful pool, and you\u2019ll have it for July 4th, long before July 4th, instead of taking three, three and a half years, we\u2019re taking a week,\u2019 he said. In addition, the President revealed the floor of the pool will now be \u2018American flag blue.\u2019<\/p>\n

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NOW: President Trump reveals the Reflecting Pool renovations will be done in time for July 4th and America 250 celebrations:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll stay clean. We even have robots that go in it\u2026 they clean it like a swimming pool.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can have a beautiful pool, and you\u2019ll have it for July\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/t25gwYCTK6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As one social media user noted, this is why the political class hates Trump, because he cuts through the DC grift \u2014 here\u2019s a sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:<\/p>\n

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This is why they hate Trump, he exposes all of these life long bureaucrats as complete grifters. The $300M is the quoted price, there will be guaranteed overruns, and all those involved with the project gets paid while the taxpayer gets bent over.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bruce Lee (@weardown) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Yes! \"\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc\" pic.twitter.com\/qn86PGvtqK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MoMo (@mo1532372) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This is peak Trump: pic.twitter.com\/tpjVHQcQKa<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I am not surprised that Trump was able
\nto do this.
\nMany years ago in NYC The Iceskating Rink
\nin Central Park was languishing in disrepair
\n& for years the pricing & time to fix it went
\non & on & more expensive each year.
\nTrump said I will do it for half the price & time
\n& he did.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cheryl Henry (@cherealstars1) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Well, the bid was $300,000,000, but the cost was probably $10,000,000. The rest was going into politicians pockets.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dennis McVicker (@DVMcVicker) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Fantastic!!! I love it when Trump does stuff like this. Just good old common sense.<\/p>\n

\u2014 BeckG (@BeckG65718346) April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Next time a Democrat gets in office, they\u2019ll purposefully neglect it so it looks like shiit just to spite Trump.<\/p>\n

\u2014 OldFashioned (@JosephLaurel11) April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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President Donald J. Trump dropped a video this week explaining how he worked to save taxpayers millions of dollars on restoring the Lincoln Memorial\u2019s Reflecting Pool, which is the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s historic \u201cI have a dream\u201d speech. \u201cRight now, it\u2019s got no water in it because it was in terrible… Continue reading Businessman President Trump shares commonsense way he saved taxpayers MILLIONS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":591135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-591134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=591134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/591135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=591134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=591134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=591134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}