Trump has championed a makeover for the 610-meter-long pool, bringing in contractors to drain it and paint it "American flag blue." But not long after the job was complete, the paint began to visibly peel, and the gleaming waters promptly refilled with green pond scum.As workers scrambled to pump out murky water and dumped hydrogen peroxide into the pool, Trump took no responsibility for what many observers chalked up to shoddy workmanship."We met with contractors today, will probably be forced to release and drain much of the water in order to do the necessary repairs, but will have them done as quickly as possible," Trump wrote on Truth Social.It's unclear how much that may add to the $14 million cost reported by US media thus far.In the lengthy social media post, the 80-year-old Republican claimed renovations had "worked perfectly" before "disgraceful vandalism," accusing unnamed saboteurs of taking "some form of knife or blade" to the pool to "put a 250-foot long gash" into it, and pouring "corrosive and destructive chemicals into the pool."Trump offered no evidence for his latest claim on the renovation woes plaguing the pool.Olympian or vandal
Algae is visible in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as cleanup efforts continue where newly applied blue paint has peeled from the bottom, in Washington, DC © Ken Cedeno / AFP
