00:00The president had done renovations to the White House, to all these things.
00:03Why do you think people are so mad about your renovations?
00:07Because I'm doing it.
00:08The Meridian Hill Park, you've got the water flowing in, all of it.
00:11And they just seem to hate you for that.
00:13Well, it's a sad thing, actually.
00:15You know, you just, it's very nice.
00:17I appreciate the question.
00:19First I said, oh, this is going to be a negative question.
00:21Then I heard, she's really saying, why do they hate you for fixing the water fountains?
00:25So, you know, we have, we have 40, I know, because I want to see
00:29Washington to be beautiful.
00:31To me, it's very important.
00:32But as an example, you mentioned the water fountain.
00:34We didn't have one water fountain.
00:36I think we have 40.
00:37We didn't have one in Washington that worked.
00:40And soon they'll all be working.
00:42Many of them work right now.
00:43And the, I think one of the best things, Obama, President Obama, President Biden spent much
00:50more than $100 million on the reflecting lake between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington
00:57monument.
00:58They spent much more.
01:00They spent, some people say, $200 million.
01:02You know what they got out of it?
01:03A closed lake.
01:04It never opened.
01:05And when it did, it shut right away.
01:07It leaked.
01:08It was a disaster.
01:10I'm doing a job on the reflecting lake for a fraction of what they paid.
01:15Now, I've upgraded it very soon.
01:16I got so into it.
01:18I've upgraded it like you wouldn't believe.
01:20I'm doing all the walkways outside.
01:21You know, I'm doing it properly.
01:24But it's a much bigger job.
01:26But you see it's happening now.
01:28It's going to be beautiful.
01:29It's going to be waterproof.
01:30It's going to be reflecting again.
01:32And I took over a dirty, filthy thing that wasn't open.
01:36And it was disgusting.
01:38And friends of mine would come to the Lincoln or the Washington and they'd say, sir, it's
01:43disgusting.
01:44I said, what's disgusting?
01:45The reflecting lake.
01:46So I drove down.
01:47I looked with Secretary Bergam, who's fantastic, of Interior.
01:51He's fantastic.
01:52And we got together.
01:53And we have, it's under construction right now.
01:57I want to get it open before July 4th, which we'll easily be able to do.
02:01It'll be open before that.
02:02But easily be able to do July 4th being a very special day.
02:06And it is going to be beautiful.
02:08Beautiful blue color, dark blue color.
02:11It's very reflective.
02:12I put a thing out yesterday showing the reflection.
02:15We did a little test.
02:16We wanted to see it.
02:17It's unbelievable.
02:17It's like a mirror.
02:18Does it look good?
02:19Does it work?
02:19Well, it's like a mirror.
02:20It's beautiful.
02:21And I saw there was guys out there almost like, are they hand painting it?
02:24Is that how they're doing it?
02:25Yeah, well, they're fixing the stone outside.
02:28And they're sandblasting the stone.
02:30We're doing a much bigger job than we wanted to do.
02:32But think of it.
02:34Obama and Biden spent over $100 million.
02:36And you know what they got?
02:37Nothing.
02:38They opened it up and it leaked like a sieve.
02:41And they closed it.
02:42And it stayed closed.
02:43They've been working on it for years.
02:44I've been working on this for a couple of months.
02:46When it's finished, it's going to be incredible.
02:48But we have other fountains, beautiful fountains.
02:52They haven't worked in 30 years.
02:54They're just sitting there rotting.
02:56And most of them are now open.
02:58And right across the street, I made a donation.
03:01And I'm building Lafayette Park.
03:03Aren't you really?
03:03And it's going to be beautiful.
03:04And it's going to be beautiful.
03:04And it's going to be beautiful.
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