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

Green algae have proliferated amid warm weather after Lincoln Memorial pool renovation turning water green

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.

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