The Trump administration spent $14.7 million repainting the pool "American flag blue" ahead of US' 250th anniversary celebrations. Weeks later, the paint is peeling off and algae has turned the water green.

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.

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…

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…

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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…

Algae blooms and peeling paint mar $14.2m renovation as president blames problems on ‘disgraceful Vandalism’

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

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said even minor crimes must be prosecuted after Trump claimed vandals poured corrosive chemicals into the pool.

Costly Reflecting Pool revamp under fire amid algae bloom and disputed vandalism claims

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The Trump Administration vowed to prosecute people accused of vandalizing the newly renovated reflecting pool after its paint appeared to peel off and algae bloomed.

The $14.7 million renovation has gone awry, with the pool now covered in algae

Donald Trump, who spent $14m relining the iconic pool, claims it has been vandalised by 'radical left lunatics'.

Trump’s pre-Fourth of July renovation project has endured problems with algae, peeling paint and an inflating price tag