The Daily Mail wrongly took my joke at a Presidential News Conference where the beautiful Lincoln Memorial Reflecting
Trump the Daily Mail wrongly took my joke at a Presidential News Conference where the beautiful Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was opened yesterday, and pretended it wasn't a joke when I said, I'm going to name it, “TRUMP.” Their dishonest, false headli
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Daily Mail wrongly took my joke at a Presidential News Conference where the beautiful Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was opened yesterday, and pretended it wasn’t a joke when I said, I’m going to name it, “TRUMP.”. During a November 2, 2026, news conference at the renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Donald J. Trump joked about renaming the landmark after himself.
Although some media outlets reported the comment as a serious proposal, Trump clarified that he was joking. The event served as his final campaign-season appearance before the midterm elections. The Daily Mail wrongly took my joke at a Presidential News Conference where the beautiful Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was opened yesterday, and pretended it wasn’t a joke when I said, I’m going to name it, “TRUMP.” Their dishonest, false headline states: “Trump delivers final midterms speech to just 60 people at the renovated Reflecting Pool and threatens a major rename.” It wasn’t a “Final Midterms Speech” that only had 60 people, it was a NEWS CONFERENCE, nobody was invited, it was closed to the Public — Just Reporters.
My Final Midterms Speech was the day before in lowa and Kansas, where we had 50,000 people. This just shows you how FAKE the News is. I said, very clearly, “I’m joking.” The Fake News is so corrupt!
President Donald J. Trump speaks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C.
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