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Howard Lutnick: “When he drained it, it had 11 truckloads of garbage in it.”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Howard Lutnick on Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool controversy

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

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. Remember, it's only two feet deep, and When he drained it, it had 11 truckloads of garbage in it. Let's make it beautiful. And I thought it was brilliant. So what's the cost now? Like between 10 and $15 million. (00:34–00:39)

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Asserts that 11 truckloads of garbage were removed from the pool when it was drained.

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