On top of the explosion in algae, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool is now dealing with peeling paint.

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

Algal blooms have hit the site, between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, after a $14.2 million repair project.

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

Green algae reappeared in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after Trump's $13 million renovation, prompting questions about the project's effectiveness.

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…

President Donald Trump’s more than $13 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation was completed just over a week ago, with its iconic 2,800 square feet refilled with 6.5…

Algae has reappeared in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after it was refilled following construction, where the bottom was painted "American flag blue."

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

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The Trump administration spent $14.8 million painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool an "American Flag Blue." See why the pool is green again.

Trump wanted the pool to be American flag blue, but instead, he got algae bloom green.

On top of the explosion in algae, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool is now dealing with peeling paint.

Satellite data shows that the 2,000-foot pool that the president just renovated is having its worst summer for algal blooms in five years.

The “American flag blue” coating on the bottom of the pool has begun peeling off, just two weeks after the new paint job, and algae is turning it green.

Just in time for America's birthday.

The paint on Washington's newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday was peeling away from the bottom and into the algae-tinted water, less than two weeks after…

The "American flag blue" coating appears to be peeling away in some sections.

Some blue material at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is peeling off, days after the pool was painted blue and refilled as part of a multi-million dollar…