“This was not a result of vandalism, but your administration’s incompetence,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) told the president.

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

Sadly, the historic water feature is a reflection—of the president’s bone-deep corruption and his administration’s neglect.

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

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

Trump blamed the peeling paint and algae at the recently renovated Reflecting Pool on vandalism, saying five people have been charged so far.

Trump’s claims that ‘vandals’ are to blame don’t hold water so far – key US politics stories from Monday 22 June

The daily harangue over peeling paint, algae blooms and Trump’s claims of ‘vandalism,’ writes Andrew Feinberg, serve as a metaphor for how things are going at the White House…

Trump’s critics have gleefully deployed the peeling coating and murky waters as a metaphor for Trump’s effect on DC writ large

The president should refund taxpayers out of his own pocket, Senator John Hickenlooper says.

The Trump administration has been losing a war with algae in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Critics think it’s the perfect metaphor for Trump’s tenure as president, and the…

“This was not a result of vandalism, but your administration’s incompetence,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) told the president.

“This was not a result of vandalism, but your administration’s incompetence,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) told the president.