{"id":2033,"date":"2026-06-19T21:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:33:58","slug":"blue-paint-seen-chipping-off-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2033","title":{"rendered":"Blue paint seen chipping off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s makeover of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebrations is not going according to plan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2031\">President Donald Trump unveils the new Air Force One, a converted Qatari jet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, the project overshot Trump\u2019s initial cost estimate of under $2 million \u2014 and has already topped $14.6 million, according to a federal spending database.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"yes\" class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/today\/embedded-video\/mmvo265371205585\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Then, the new Trump-branded \u201cAmerican flag blue\u201d color was short-lived as the pool as algae turned it green, causing the administration to send crews to dump hydrogen peroxide into the expansive pool to deal with the problem.<\/p>\n<p>And in recent days, NBC News spotted some blue paint chipping off the surface, with strips of it peeling away and floating atop the pool for tourists and passers-by to see as the busy summer tourist season in the nation\u2019s capital gets underway.<\/p>\n<p>On the west side of the pool Thursday, a small section of the blue painted surface appeared to be lifting away, exposing the darker unpainted layer underneath. A strip of detached paint could be seen floating beneath the water\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<p>Algae still remains visible along the edges of the pool despite ongoing cleaning efforts. The developing deterioration drew the attention of onlookers who stopped to take a closer look.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2029\">Alex Freeman, ex-American Heritage and Weston FC star, scores his 1st World Cup goal<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe reflecting pool appeared green just days after President Donald Trump&#8217;s $14 million renovation was unveiled, though officials say the algae is a normal part of restarting\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration is hardly the first to struggle to clean up the reflecting pool. But the algae-infused green color has drawn significant attention in recent days after the president slammed it earlier this year as \u201cfilthy\u201d and \u201cdirty,\u201d promising to make it \u201cbeautiful\u201d and blue at minimal expense.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Interior\u2019s press office didn\u2019t return an email seeking comment on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Two days earlier, on Wednesday, the department\u2019s official X account posted that the \u201cadvanced nanobubbler technology very effectively killed the algae,\u201d while taking a jab at the Obama administration\u2019s attempts to clean it up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Reflecting Pool water is crystal clear, and our National Park Service team is now vacuuming up the dead algae resting on the bottom of some parts of the Reflecting Pool\u2014just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf,\u201d the Interior Department wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum posted a time warp of the blue paint being added to the surface of the reflecting pool.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2027\">Man facing hate crime charges in liquid spraying incidents in Jewish neighborhood, MDSO says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s effort to renovate the pool on the National Mall ahead of the United State\u2019s 250th anniversary has hit another snag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-dc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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