Article 76BEZ Algae thwarts Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool ‘American flag blue’

Algae thwarts Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool ‘American flag blue’

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Callum Jones in Washington
from World news | The Guardian on (#76BEZ)

Administration had claimed algae at Lincoln Memorial pool would be cleared after the renovation, but it has proliferated amid warm weather

Donald Trump's $14.2m bid 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.

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