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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,428 posts) Sat Jun 13, 2026, 10:01 PM Saturday

Trump's $14M Reflecting Pool Project Couldn't Stop Algae From Blooming In The DC Heat

President Donald Trump's $14 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation couldn't stop algae from blooming in the D.C. heat and turning the water a murky shade of green once again.

The unsightly hue plagued the pool just in time for an estimated 125,000 people to descend on Washington for Trump's "Freedom 250" UFC fights on the White House lawn for his birthday on Sunday — despite work crews spreading chlorine pellets to try to deter algae growth.

The Washington Post reported that the bloom "expanded between Wednesday and Thursday amid wet and warm weather."

Katie Martin, a spokeswoman for the Interior Department, said in a statement, "What you are seeing is residual algae from the supply lines which have been sitting dormant for eight weeks while construction has been taking place. It's part of the normal startup process.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-14m-reflecting-pool-project-234732254.html

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Trump's $14M Reflecting Pool Project Couldn't Stop Algae From Blooming In The DC Heat (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday OP
As Bertie Wooster might say "To be expected of a man who is lower than pond scum." jls4561 Saturday #1
Where's that AI slop pic of Dump and his fellow cabinet floaters now? Blue Owl Saturday #2
Does it smell? Any reports from DC? legallyblondeNYC Saturday #3
Only sitting dormant for eight weeks? tanyev Saturday #4
the heat retained from a hot subsurface will make exponentially worse Shellback Squid Saturday #5
Gee I thought that embezzling millions would have solved this problem. unblock Saturday #6
Once again, everything Trump touches turns to shit. C_U_L8R Saturday #7
I'm surprised 125,000 are going to show up for GenThePerservering Saturday #8
residual algae my @$$! IzzaNuDay Sunday #9

Blue Owl

(59,893 posts)
2. Where's that AI slop pic of Dump and his fellow cabinet floaters now?
Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 10:18 PM
Saturday

And the poorly faked photoshopped one supposedly showing the reflecting pool during Obama’s term vs tRump? (but with the identical clouds)

tanyev

(49,874 posts)
4. Only sitting dormant for eight weeks?
Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 10:43 PM
Saturday

Surely that algae has been there since the Obama or Biden years, deliberately going dormant until it could appear and embarrass Donald Trump!

IzzaNuDay

(1,360 posts)
9. residual algae my @$$!
Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 12:53 AM
Sunday

a thorough cleaning would have removed all algae. I don’t buy their excuse.

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