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Trump says a promenade is being built onto Lincoln Memorial

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U.S. President Donald Trump shows a cardboard with illustration of the Lincoln Reflecting Pool in comparison with skyscrapers as he delivers remarks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. President Donald Trump shows a cardboard with illustration of the Lincoln Reflecting Pool in comparison with skyscrapers as he delivers remarks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Jonathan Ernst Reuters

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a promenade will be built onto the Lincoln Memorial in the capital Washington.

"They want to call it the Trump Promenade, but I don't know if I want to do that, but it's going to be beautiful," Trump told reporters at the White House, without elaborating who was asking to name it after him.

Trump's latest announcement is part of a broader push by the Republican leader to reshape Washington's monumental core. He also intends to erect a 250-foot (76-meter) arch and to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the site of the demolished East ​Wing of the White ​House.

(Reporting by Bo Erickson and Costas Pitas, writing by Bhargav Acharya;Editing by David Ljunggren)

A video showing water filling the Lincoln Reflecting Pool plays as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
A video showing water filling the Lincoln Reflecting Pool plays as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Jonathan Ernst Reuters

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This story was originally published June 4, 2026 at 1:12 PM.

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