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The paint is already peeling in Trump's renovated Washington Reflecting Pool
- The newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is shedding paint into algae‑tinted water less than two weeks after its announced completion.
- Workers began pouring hydrogen peroxide to fight an algae bloom that turned the pool green, and visitors have expressed disappointment.
- The $14.7 million refinishing was awarded via a no‑bid contract and is part of a broader, controversial Trump plan to remake parts of Washington, D.C.
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