"Happy Birthday Donald. You’ve renewed and invigorated the Swamp."

The $14 million project has reportedly faced problems similar to those from renovations done by previous administrations.

Days after Trump declared his project to revamp the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool "complete," "residual" algae spots were seen in the pool.

President Trump has claimed he would fix the landmark pool, which he said other presidents left in a ‘disgusting’ state

"Happy Birthday Donald. You’ve renewed and invigorated the Swamp."

"Happy Birthday Donald. You’ve renewed and invigorated the Swamp."

The Department of the Interior said the algae bloom turning the pool green was being “vacuumed up as we speak.”

The Trump administration spent about $14.2 million on renovations to the Reflecting Pool, including painting it “American Flag Blue.”

A $20 million renovation of Washington, DC's Reflecting Pool set out to fix leaks and turn the water blue. Mother Nature had other plans.

Algal blooms have hit the site, between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, after an expensive repair project

Administration had claimed algae at Lincoln Memorial pool would be cleared after the renovation, but it has proliferated amid warm weather

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has turned green just days after its $14m (£10m) renovation project was completed. The six-week long project saw the pool drained before…

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Trump had been celebrating the completed paint job just days before D.C. residents noticed that it had turned green.

Experts had warned that Trump's plan could make the problem worse. Now, there are signs those concerns were justified.

U.S. President Donald Trump believed he had a solution to the reflecting pool's algae problems: painting its bottom a particular shade of blue. Less than two weeks after the…

President Donald Trump's remodeled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has turned chartreuse from an algal bloom

President Donald Trump's remodeled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has turned chartreuse from an algal bloom

Not just aesthetically but biologically

Trump can't be happy that tourists can't see his handpicked "American flag blue" paint.

Trump awarded painting contract to his 'pool guy' without competitive bidding process