President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.

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

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…

Green algae has bloomed in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool despite Trump’s much touted renovation by hand-picked no-bid contractors.

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

Warm weather has fueled a bloom that National Park Service workers are trying to kill using everything from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubbles ahead of July 4 celebrations.

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

Mother Nature is interfering with one of the US president’s pet projects just days after it was repainted.

Not just aesthetically but biologically

US President Donald Trump's remodeled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with its “American flag blue” bottom has turned chartreuse from an algal bloom that park

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

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