The historic pool was drained and refinished in a no-bid contract this year as part of the president's sweeping plans to beautify Washington DC.

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

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.

They’ve spent $14 million on this.

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…

The peeling of the blue paint comes just days after the pool started turning green due to the return of algae—something Trump had criticized his predecessors for failing to…

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The Reflecting Pool in DC has blue material peeling off from the bottom just days after the landmark was refilled following a multi-million-dollar renovation.

WASHINGTON, June 19 — The paint on Washington’s newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool yesterday was peeling away from the bottom and into the algae-tinted water,...

Trump's $14.7 million renovation of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is already showing peeling paint and algae.

The project is part of US president’s broader overhaul of the US capital including a ‘triumphal arch’

Paint is peeling from the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as tourists declare that the $14m (£10m) was a “huge waste of money”. The six-week-long project saw the…

Trump’s effort to renovate the pool on the National Mall ahead of the United State’s 250th anniversary has hit another snag.

The Trump administration wanted the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to be “American flag blue.” A water-treatment expert explains why the pool is still algal green…

The patriotic makeover of the historic Lincoln Memorial monument has gone disastrously wrong.

The water of the Reflecting Pool remained filled with algae, peeling paint as well as white blobs on Friday.

President Donald Trump on Friday claimed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was intentionally vandalized and said law enforcement is actively investigating, as the…