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

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. Continue reading...

Callum Jones in Washington · Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 5:35 AM
US news | The Guardian

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

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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