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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

Nearly half of Americans think Trump’s DC projects are just to feed his ego

More than 60 percent of Americans are critical of President Donald Trump’s various Washington, D.C. construction undertakings, and almost half think the primary goal behind his projects is to feed his ego, according to a new poll.

Amid an affordability crisis and his war with Iran, Trump has been focused on a number of projects transforming the look of the nation's capital ranging from his now-unraveled attempt to put his name on the Kennedy Center and his destruction of the White House East Wing for his new ballroom to his plans for a massive Triumph Arch and his ill-fated renovations the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall.

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