Donald Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool from what the US president described as a “filthy” and “dirty” site into a “beautiful” monument has encountered a hitch. The water is green again. Days after the renovation was finished, algae have frustrated Trump’s attempt to transform the shade of the pool to “American flag blue” in time for the country’s 250th birthday. The reflecting pool – one of Washington DC’s most historically symbolic attractions, and the scene

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repair delays before Independence Day

The Trump administration has touted the recent Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations. CNN’s Kit Maher asked locals and tourists what they think about it.

Donald Trump recently gushed about his $14 million makeover of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, claiming that it would be filled with “CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL WATER” that will “SPARKLE magnificently” upon completion. But the president’s talk doesn’t appear to be submerged in reality as Fox News showed on Monday.

Pressed by CBS News’ @Ed O’Keefe on whether there is evidence vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, President Trump pointed to what he described as long cuts in the pool’s surface and claimed someone may have deliberately caused the recent algae outbreak. “I saw it, they cut it. They cut it very violently,” Trump said. “The same thing with the floor, they cut it. And then they lifted it, they pulled it, and that's what it is.” #news #trump #reflectingpool #washingtondc #lincolnme

Trump’s Pool Guy Fires Back, Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

😱 Lincoln Memorial: Donald Trump's vision for the reflecting pool renovation turns into a fiasco｜...

The cost to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is now over seven times more than what President Trump initially said, according to federal records. #lincolnmemorial #trump

New paint appears to be peeling from Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool