Federal data present that the no-bid contract to restore the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue now prices $13.1 million. That’s about seven instances the quantity President Trump initially stated it will price.
By David A. Fahrenthold, Nikolay Nikolov, Gilad Thaler, Rafaela Balster, Léo Hamelin, Stephanie Swart and Whitney Shefte
Might 14, 2026
