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Howard Lutnick: “They tried to replace the granite for 300 million or $400…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Howard Lutnick on Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool controversy

Published | Video Starts at 00:15

Former President Biden hit Trump saying he hired his pool boy and was calling him a loser in a speech recently. What do you think about that? I think the reflecting pool is a 2,000 foot pool. And when They tried to replace the granite for 300 million or $400 million and close it for two and a half years. right. It's just a pool. So the President understood that and said, why don't we make it like an incredibly strong. Right. Durable pool? Right. It's. (00:15–00:21)

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