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The United States is about to hold midterm elections, and Trump is holding a public event in Washington, D.C., in the final stage before the election.
On the 2nd, US President Trump attended the renovation ceremony of the Reflecting Pool of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. In this last public event before the election, Trump did not devote all his efforts to campaigning for the Republican Party. Instead, he spent most of the time talking about the renovation plan for swimming pools and other facilities. In the limited space of his election speech, he reiterated that the Democratic candidates were "extreme and dangerous" and hoped that voters would "make the right choice."
In his nearly hour-long speech, Trump first spent more than 20 minutes talking about reflecting pools, renovations of monuments in the Washington area, and suppressing crime in the capital. About 23 minutes later, Trump began to talk about the crucial midterm election, criticizing the Democratic Party for "nominating the most extreme and dangerous candidate in American history" and emphasizing that "a party that hates America should not be allowed to govern the people who built our country."
Trump stated that he has been traveling across the country to build momentum in the past half month. "The United States is ready to go. The people are ready to vote. I hope they are ready to make the right choice." "We must maintain the strength and freedom of our Congress." He also reiterated his controversial announcement that as long as the Republicans win the election, "everyone will receive $5,000."

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