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Trump brushes aside tough midterm prospects with visit to Reflecting Pool

By Jacob Bogage and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Facing elections that could cost his party control of Congress, President Donald Trump spent his last major speech before the midterms talking about pipes and paint on Monday. Trump ruminated on his Washington renovations, new ‌sod, the White House's helipad, a grand new arch and the recently reopened Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during a 54-minute speech that the ‌White House billed as part of the president's closing argument be