{"id":714366,"date":"2026-06-19T22:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T22:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/714366\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T22:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T22:16:14","slug":"blue-paint-seen-chipping-off-in-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-after-algae-turn-it-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/714366\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue paint seen chipping off in Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after algae turn it green"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 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

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First, the project overshot Trump\u2019s initial cost estimate<\/a> of under $2 million \u2014 and has already topped $14.6 million, according to a federal spending database<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then, the new Trump-branded \u201cAmerican flag blue\u201d color was short-lived as algae turned the pool green<\/a>, causing the administration to send crews to dump hydrogen peroxide into the expansive pool to deal with the problem.<\/p>\n

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 visitors and passers-by to see as the busy summer tourist season in the nation\u2019s capital gets underway.<\/p>\n

\"AA strip of detached paint rises above the surface of the water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.Sophie Ziedalski \/ NBC News<\/p>\n

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

Algae still remain 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

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 the pool<\/a> earlier this year as \u201cfilthy\u201d and \u201cdirty,\u201d promising to make it \u201cbeautiful\u201d and blue at minimal expense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump\u2019s makeover of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebrations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-714366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}