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Donald Trump has unveiled his latest gold-covered vanity project\u2014and just like the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, it\u2019s over budget and over deadline.<\/p>\n

Read more CNN Data Guru Stunned by Trump\u2019s \u2018Absolutely Huge\u2019 Loss of Support<\/a><\/p>\n

As taxpayers reel over the botched Reflecting Pool revamp, the administration has unveiled a new multimillion-dollar gilded sculpture a few hundred feet away.<\/p>\n

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The Arts of War and Arts of Peace statues are a series of giant horse-and-rider sculptures that sit between the Lincoln Memorial and Memorial Circle, the site where Trump wants to build his giant Arch near Arlington Cemetery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The statues, created by sculptor Leo Friedlander, were initially bronze, but the president wanted them painted in 24-karat gold in time for the America 250 birthday bash.<\/p>\n

However, like the Reflecting Pool and the White House ballroom, the project also involved a no-bid contract, with the cost now ballooning from an initial $2.5 million to an estimated $5 million.<\/p>\n

The administration awarded the work to Maryland firm The Gilders\u2019 Studio and Trump promised in a Truth Social post in June that the statues would be \u201cfully re-gilded\u201d by July 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gilders\u2019 Studio has flown in Gilders from around the Country to perform this work!\u201d he boasted at the time.<\/p>\n

But only this week have crews finally begun removing the scaffolding that concealed the statues during months of restoration work\u2014and the project still isn\u2019t complete.<\/p>\n

The Daily Beast visited the site on Thursday morning to find one statue is fully uncovered while the other three in the series, which symbolize America\u2019s journey from war to peace, remain partly or fully covered.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on the other side of the historic Lincoln Memorial, the Reflecting Pool has been concealed even more as crews carry out additional repairs after Trump\u2019s multi-million-dollar overhaul failed to resolve persistent problems including leaks, algae growth and damage to the pool\u2019s liner.<\/p>\n

While wire fencing was erected around the pool several weeks ago, it is now covered in dark meshing. <\/p>\n

Additional CCTV security cameras have been installed across the Mall, and National Guards\u2014who will now remain deployed in Washington through Inauguration Day 2029\u2014continue to patrol the area in groups.<\/p>\n

Read more Why Trump\u2019s Base Attacks on Kaitlan Collins Demean Us All<\/a><\/p>\n

A new temporary memorial honoring military service members also opened this week between the Lincoln Memorial steps and the Reflecting Pool to commemorate America\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the reflecting pool was still completely drained, and National Park Service officials were unable to tell the Daily Beast when it was likely to be filled again, or open to the public. <\/p>\n

But a gap in the fencing showed it appeared to have been spruced up to highlight Trump\u2019s much-touted \u201cAmerican flag blue\u201d paint job.<\/p>\n

Trump insists the damage was the work of vandals who sliced a 250 to 350-foot gash in the pool with \u201ca box cutter or a knife of some kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re sick people, so I think they\u2019re in big trouble,\u201d he told reporters last month as he vowed to jail people for up to 10 years if they were caught damaging the site.<\/p>\n

But critics point to the dubious way in which contracts for his vanity projects are often awarded, which they claim lead to poor results and inflated costs for taxpayers.<\/p>\n

At a Democrat-led hearing on Capitol Hill this month, for example, Jon Golinger, a former attorney who now works with the progressive consumer group Public Citizen, outlined a web of \u201cshady schemes\u201d that allows billionaire donors to secretly bankroll the president\u2019s pet projects while he steers lucrative contracts to political allies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe template for these projects is the same: hijack a legitimate group, funnel money from donors who want or have gotten something from the government, and allow them to be both tax-exempt and secret,\u201d he testified under oath.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen steer the money to Donald Trump\u2019s piggy bank so he can dole the contracts out to friends, no-bid contracts in many or most cases, and spend wild sums to build monuments to waste, greed, and corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, White House spokesman Davis Ingle told the Daily Beast: \u201cDemocrats are opposed to anything that President Trump does because they are America Last losers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo other president has done more to beautify our Nation\u2019s interior than President Trump. From restoring our treasured landmarks, which had suffered years of abuse and vandalism, to cleaning our parks and the Reflecting Pool, President Trump\u2019s bold vision ensured that America rang in its 250th<\/sup>birthday celebration with glory and pride,” he added.<\/p>\n

Read more Little Marco\u2019s Goons Get Every Single Country Wrong in Map Disaster<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump has unveiled his latest gold-covered vanity project\u2014and just like the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, it\u2019s over budget and over deadline. 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