Trump says he ready to drain the Reflecting Pool again after the $14M renovations

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.