Trump’s closing act before Election Day

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It’s Monday. A lingering candy hangover from Halloween combined with the anticipation for Election Day tomorrow has made for quite the stew so far today. Shall we?

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🗳️ ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

The Associated Press | Charlie Neibergall

President Trump this afternoon is set to give remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — a final push to sell Americans on his agenda before voters go to the polls Tuesday and determine how much of a counterweight his administration will face in Congress for the remainder of his second term.

Choosing the landmark as the site of his speech is emblematic of the Trump administration’s efforts toward remaking Washington, in Trump’s vision, from the White House’s East Wing to the Kennedy Center. (Two-thirds of respondents to a July Washington Post/Ipsos survey disapproved of Trump’s White House ballroom, reflecting pool Reflecting Pool and triumphal arch projects, specifically.)

The president, nonetheless, is expected to promote the beautification projects on Monday afternoon, and he told reporters on Sunday that making his remarks at the reflecting pool will “show how beautiful it is.” 

Need a reminder of what else Trump has sought to give a facelift in Washington? The Hill’s Sarah Davis and Finya Swai recently wrote a rundown.

The speech will also act as Trump’s pre-midterms closing message, focusing on the agenda he and Republican lawmakers have advanced since he returned to the Oval Office last year, a source familiar told The Hill’s broadcast partner NewsNation.

It might be a tough sell: A new poll from NBC News found that 60 percent of those surveyed disapproved of Trump’s job performance, and a majority of Republican respondents were dissatisfied with the state of the economy. The Hill’s election partner Decision Desk HQ estimated Monday that Democrats have an 84 percent chance of winning the House and a 65 percent chance of taking control of the Senate.

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Stevens’s GOP endorsement fallout:

Shockwaves are still spreading after Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) endorsed her state’s Republican Senate nominee, former........

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