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 before voters cast their ballots.

Facing a towering marble statue of Abraham Lincoln, Trump joked he would soon rename the pool ​in his own honor rather than after the 16th president, credited with helping end slavery and preserving the Union amid the Civil War.

Trump ran through a series of pool renovations, spoke without providing evidence about vandals' attempts to damage the pool and offered up...