The Trump administration keeps grifting. When will Americans push back?

"President Trump said that his handpicked contractor would charge only $1.8 million to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue. The actual cost is now more than seven times that, after the Interior Department nearly doubled the size of the contract late last week, federal records show."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/reflecting-pool-paint-contract-trump.html

Reflecting Pool Repairs to Cost $13.1 Million. Trump Had Promised $1.8 Million.

The Interior Department added $6.2 million to the no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool late last week.

The New York Times