Trump had the pool painted "American flag blue," but after the pool was refilled, algae took over and the blue paint started coming up.

Washington Post: Algae levels spiked days after the renovation was completed.

The shallow, sunny waters of the reflecting pool are an ideal incubator for algae growth in the summertime. Experts say the recent renovation may have helped accelerate it.

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

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.

Nevertheless, Trump noted that the damage was minor and will be repaired early next week

‘They've also done everything possible to hurt the inside surface that was just installed.’

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His vaunted makeover of the Washington attraction has resulted in an algae bloom and peeling paint

President Donald Trump claimed Saturday, without providing evidence, that vandals damaged the algae-plagued Reflecting Pool on the National Mall and that the water will need to be…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The paint is peeling from Washington's Reflecting Pool after the renovation ordered by President Donald Trump, and he is now alleging that someone damaged it…

President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.

“I'm a curious citizen. I reached down to see what it felt like. It was very rubbery.”

“I'm a curious citizen. I reached down to see what it felt like. It was very rubbery.”

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made "multiple arrests" of people he said were vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as…

The president posted on Truth Social claiming vandals slashed the pool's lining and poured chemicals into the water, saying arrests have been made. He provided no evidence for his…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) said that several arrests were made into the alleged vandalism of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He alleged that the vandals…

Trump acknowledged in a post that the Reflecting Pool will need to be repaired, yet again, to restore it to "an equal level of Beauty” as before.

Trump acknowledged in a post that the Reflecting Pool will need to be repaired, yet again, to restore it to "an equal level of Beauty” as before.

The President has claimed multiple people have been arrested for trying to destroy the refurbished pool and their destruction has forced them to reach out to contractors for…