Trump Administration Pours Concrete for 250-Statue D.C. Garden as Lawsuit Challenges Project
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 3
Trump Administration Pours Concrete for 250-Statue D.C. Garden as Lawsuit Challenges Project
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 3
Summary
Workers in West Potomac Park were smoothing freshly poured concrete on a large pedestal Wednesday at the site Trump chose for a proposed National Garden of American Heroes.
The administration is also installing two gazebos donated by Uzbekistan there, even as it has told a court the garden remains only an executive-branch idea and not a final project.
That distinction matters because the garden still faces a lawsuit and needs congressional and design approval, while Interior declined to say whether the work is temporary or part of the permanent buildout.
The concrete work adds to signs Trump’s Washington makeover plans are moving ahead despite legal uncertainty, after tree cutting at a proposed golf course, test drilling at an arch site, and the Supreme Court letting a White House ballroom proceed.