Trump touts Washington reflecting pool as US midterm battle reaches finale

United States President Donald Trump devoted his final public remarks before Tuesday’s midterm elections to touting renovations of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, even as Democrats sought to contain a rift in Michigan’s closely fought US Senate race. Polls show Democrats poised to seize the House of Representatives and within reach of the Senate in Tuesday’s vote — a shift that would impose tight political constraints on the president. In his only public remarks scheduled for Monday, Trump — a former real-estate developer — spent more than 20 minutes discussing pipes, joints, caulking,…