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Opinion: Algae doesn't care about our party lines
NPR News · June 20, 2026
President Trump's beautification project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become plagued with a robust algae bloom, despite a $14 million investment and a coating of "American flag blue."
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Reflecting Pool Patrol
Trump's $14 million 'American flag blue' makeover of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool keeps surrendering to nature — tap away algae blooms and curling blue paint flakes to keep the water photogenic for as long as the funding (and physics) allow.
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