Four lessons Trump can learn from Trump amid his Reflecting Pool fiasco

The article compares U.S. President Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool “fiasco” at the Lincoln Monument with an earlier renovation success: the Wollman Rink. It recalls that the rink suffered long-running leaks, closed after a buckled floor, and then received Trump’s rebuilding proposal in the 1980s; the project reopened in November 1986, $750,000 under budget and a month early. By contrast, the Reflecting Pool—set to be drained again—has not delivered the same outcome. The piece argues that the problems are revealing skills Trump demonstrated as a real estate developer that he has, in the article’s view, forgotten as president. In a separate section, it also covers the 2030 Winter Olympics branding “Alpes 2030,” unveiled last week for the French Alps.