Trump blames bungled $14m swamp green reflecting pool problems on 'vandals'

Trump claims ‘vandals’ foiled his $14m bid to revamp DC’s reflecting pool. What actually happened?

Trump assigned a no-bid $14M contract to paint DC's reflecting pool blue, but costs hit $15M as algae and paint failed. The failure shows procurement risk: no-bid contracts to unvetted vendors breed cost explosion and execution failure on infrastructure.