Donald Trump concluded his midterm election campaigning by focusing on infrastructure projects, including the recently reopened Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, rather than the potential electoral outcomes for his party.
On Monday, Trump held a nearly hour-long press conference with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. During the event, he emphasized the state of the Reflecting Pool and his other planned and ongoing construction projects in Washington D.C., stating, "This is a massive piece of pool. And it was treated with a lot of love and then it was treated with a lot of hate, and we’re going to stop the hate."
This campaign season has been marked by Trump's disjointed remarks and off-topic musings. Despite urging Americans to vote as if he were on the ballot, polling indicates that Trump may be a liability for Republican candidates in closely contested races.
While the full results of the midterms were not yet known, Trump briefly acknowledged the challenging landscape for his party, remarking, "For some reason, the sitting president doesn’t win the midterms, but we gave this a very strong shot."