This article originally appeared on PolitiFact
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has long leaned into his background as a real estate developer. Almost a year and a half into his second term, he has been focused increasingly on efforts that will leave a lasting physical imprint on the nation's capital.
He's torn down the White House's East Wing in an effort to build a ballroom, paved over the White House Rose Garden, initiated plans for a 250-foot triumphal arch, renamed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in his honor (and later closed it for renovations), and asked for designs to renovate public golf courses within the city.
In recent weeks, Trump has also ordered a snap renovation of the National Mall's Reflecting Pool, which spans the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
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