Donald Trump’s administration has quietly rewritten the rulebook for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after his roughly $15 million paint job dissolved into a soup of algae, peeling paint, and dead ducklings.
Trump, 80, ordered the basin repainted “American flag blue” back in April, one of a string of rushed beautification projects that were supposed to spruce up D.C. before the nation’s 250th birthday bash on July 4. It was the priciest of the lot—and the most controversial, with the contracts handed out fast and without competition to firms with ties to the president.
Days after the administration declared the job finished, the water turned a brilliant green, chunks of fresh paint were spotted bobbing on the surface, and several dead ducklings turned up in and around the pool. National Guard soldiers were posted at the water’s edge, and the feds began arresting members of the public who touched the water, accusing them of vandalism and sabotage.
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