Paint is already peeling on Trump’s $14,700,000 Washington reflecting pool renovation

National Park Service workers clear algae at the Lincoln Memorial Pool (Picture: AFP)

Days after an algae bloom turned Donald Trump’s newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool green, the ‘American flag blue’ paint has begun to peel away.

The US president announced the completion of a $14.7million (£11.1m) project to improve the pool last week but workers were soon deployed to pouring hydrogen peroxide into the water to combat an

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