Trump to deliver midterm election campaign rally speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

White House officials announced that U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver a speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that day, his final official campaign address ahead of the midterm elections, aimed at helping the Republican Party retain control of Congress. The election is scheduled for the following day. The Reflecting Pool was one of the renovation projects Trump promoted this year: it reopened on June 9, was closed after sustaining damage following the July 4 celebrations, and reopened again on October 29. Trump told reporters on Sunday that the pool had suffered severe damage, and a large number of cameras have now been installed. He noted that the pool, which has leaked badly since 1922, is now operating smoothly. Built in the 1920s, the pool is approximately 2,030 feet long. During renovations, its bottom was coated with what Trump called "American flag blue" industrial-grade pool paint. Groups including the Cultural Landscape Foundation criticized the renovation process as opaque and sued the U.S. Department of the Interior over the paint color. In the final stretch of the campaign, Trump held consecutive rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday, and arranged nearly 20 phone canvassing events. Since October 1, he has held roughly two dozen rallies in around 19 states. National polls and multiple analysts still project that the Republican Party will suffer significant losses in the 2026 midterm elections, with early voting in multiple states already surpassing 2022 levels.