🗞️ Story file #1316
Trump delivers closing midterm speech at Reflecting Pool
Nov 3, 2 PM ET to Nov 3, 3 PM ET
- 28outlets carried it
- 🫏14 · 8 · 6🐘left · center · right
- 1 houron the front pages
- 45front pages at once, at its peak
- 1 of 2parts of a saga
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- Nov 3, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: Washington Examiner
- Nov 3, 2 PM ETpeak: on 45 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
💬 Quoted
- “A massive piece of pool”1
- “bad joke”1
- “gave this a very strong shot”1
- “landslide”1
- “Lying insanely”1
phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did
📌 Linked by aggregators
1 Google News
aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)
✏️ 1 outlet ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Newsweek (2 wordings): “Trump Touts DC Renovations in Final Push to Voters on Midterm Election Eve” → “How Trump and Democrats Closing Midterms Messaging Compares”
📰 Every outlet's headline 28left to right by AllSides rating
- Mother Jones🕒 Nov 2, 9 PM ET
Trump’s Closing Argument Is About Algae
- Raw Story🕒 Nov 2, 4 PM ET
'Lying insanely': Trump stuns observers during his 'bad joke' Reflecting Pool speech
- Slate🕒 Nov 2, 6 PM ET
Donald Trump’s Closing Midterm Message Has to Be Heard to Be Believed
- The Guardian🕒 Nov 3, 7 AM ET
Trump unveils results of $14m reflecting pool makeover in final appeal before midterms
- AP🕒 Nov 1, 9 PM ET
Trump is giving his closing midterm pitch at problem-plagued Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
- CBS News🕒 Nov 2, 8 AM ET
Trump to speak at D.C. Reflecting Pool as campaign nears finish line
- CNBC🕒 Nov 2, 7 PM ET
Trump focuses on Reflecting Pool in final public speech before midterms
- NBC News🕒 Nov 3, 6 AM ET
Trump sets the stage for potential Republican losses, says party ‘gave this a very strong shot’
- New York Times🕒 Nov 2, 7 PM ET
Trump Delivers a Closing Midterm Message. Mostly About Landscaping.
- PBS NewsHour🕒 Nov 2, 5 PM ET
WATCH: Trump officially reopens Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on eve of midterm elections
- Semafor🕒 Nov 2, 5 PM ET
Trump touts DC renovations ahead of tough midterms
- The Independent🕒 Nov 2, 5 PM ET
Trump drops jaws with low-energy ramble about Reflecting Pool day before Americans decide his party’s fate
- The Washington Post🕒 Nov 2, 11 PM ET
In closing speech before midterms, Trump says he’s ‘very proud’ of Reflecting
- USA Today🕒 Nov 3, 10 AM ET
Trump's midterm reckoning: A repudiation or triumph awaits
- BBC🕒 Nov 2, 7 PM ET
Trump targets midterm voters with final campaign speech at Reflecting Pool
- Bloomberg🕒 Nov 2, 4 PM ET
Trump Chooses DC Reflecting Pool For Midterm Elections Closing Argument
- Financial Times🕒 Nov 2, 7 PM ET ‘A massive piece of pool’: Trump talks algae and grass in final midterm push
- Forbes🕒 Nov 2, 4 PM ET
Trump Rants About Reflecting Pool In Final Major Appearance Before Election Day
- News Nation🕒 Nov 2, 1 PM ET
Watch live: Trump delivers final midterm pitch at Lincoln Memorial
- Newsweek🕒 Nov 2, 4 PM ET
Trump Touts DC Renovations in Final Push to Voters on Midterm Election Eve
- Reuters🕒 Nov 2, 7 PM ET
Trump brushes aside tough midterm prospects with visit to Reflecting Pool
- Scripps News🕒 Nov 2, 5 PM ET
Trump touts Reflecting Pool repairs during midterm closing arguments
- Just the News🕒 Nov 2, 9 AM ET
Trump to deliver closing midterm election message at Reflecting Pool in Washington
- The Epoch Times🕒 Nov 2, 9 PM ET
Trump Celebrates Reflecting Pool Restoration, DC Improvements
- The Washington Times🕒 Nov 2, 4 PM ET
Trump spends final day of midterm campaigning talking about Reflecting Pool
- Washington Examiner🕒 Nov 3, 2 PM ET
Trump pans reactions to Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool midterm closeout speech
- Newsmax🕒 Nov 2, 8 AM ET
Trump Makes Final Midterm Push in Iowa, Kansas
- Townhall🕒 Nov 2, 4 PM ET
Here's What You Missed From Trump's Reflecting Pool Address
📡 Broadcast
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🎙️ On the shows
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🕵️ Investigated, joked about
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🕵️🤷 No investigator or satirist matched to it yet.
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
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🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
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🧵 Persistence
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🧵 Trump's Reflecting Pool Focus
Trump delivers closing midterm speech at Reflecting Pool (this story)
Nov 3, 2 PM ET
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