"SCOTT: Mr. President, you are here against the backdrop of the war in a Iran. Why focus on all these projects right now with gas prices soaring? TRUMP: You know why? Because I wanna keep our country beautiful and safe. Beautiful also. This place was a disgusting place. It was Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and we had a terrible, disgusting you probably don't see dirt. But I do. And you walked down this pond. If you would've walked down they'll tell you better than anybody. They had to take 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of that lake, out of that water. And it sat there for years like that. And that's not what our country's about. Our country's about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people. Not a filthy capital."
"Trump has repeatedly displayed renderings of what the renovated reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial will look like, as well as and especially mockups of his ballroom, which is being built where the White House's East Wing stood until he had it demolished last year. The president has also floated the construction of a triumphal arch in the nation's capital."
"Not surprisingly, Trump's D.C. remodel has not helped his approval rating, which is being dragged down by the effects of the war. Oil and gas prices have surged since the conflict began on Feb. 28. Trump took questions from reporters near the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday night, where Scott, a senior political correspondent for ABC News, asked the president about his fixation on aesthetics as the war continues."
"SCOTT: What is the status of TRUMP: Such a stupid question that you asked. We're fixing up the r"
Trump snapped at an ABC News reporter after being asked why he focused on Washington, D.C. projects while the Iran war continued. He cited rising gas prices and the war’s impact on public attention and approval ratings. Trump referenced renderings and mockups for a renovated reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial, a ballroom built on the former White House East Wing site, and ideas for a triumphal arch. He argued the capital had been dirty and unacceptable, describing garbage removed from a pond and calling for a cleaner, safer, beautiful city. He dismissed the question as “stupid.”
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