- Visitors and tourists are flocking to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after a newly applied blue coating began peeling and algae turned the water green, prompting arrests and lots of photos.
- Sika — which worked on the pool before — says it declined a redo because the Trump administration’s demands (a July 4 deadline and a blue bottom) made the job “unfeasible.”
- The renovation has become a political flashpoint: costs jumped from an estimated $1.8M to $14.7M, contractors promise fixes, and Trump alleges vandalism as critics say the job was rushed.
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