Trump announces plans to build a 'promenade' connecting Lincoln Memorial to Potomac River

The announcement comes as workers are finishing repairs on the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, which has been the latest of Trump's projects to beautify the nation's capital.

resident Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that he is planning to build a "promenade," which will be a pedestrian bridge, connecting the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River.

The announcement comes as workers are finishing repairs on the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, which has been the latest of Trump's projects to beautify the nation's capital.

“We’re doing something that just came up. We’ll have a little breaking news here, because nobody’s heard of it, but at the Lincoln Memorial, the front was supposed to be the back, the back was supposed to be the front,” the president said. “It never got built because they built two roadways behind it after it was built, and it shut off the gateway to the water that was really going to be the main entry."

Trump said the walkway is going to be called the "promenade," and the "Trump Promenade," as some people suggested to him.

“It’s going to be beautiful. It’s a beautiful project, and it’s going to take the Lincoln Memorial right down to the Potomac, which it was always scheduled to do," he added.

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