Trump says Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized, defends response to algae bloom

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• PRESIDENT Donald Trump has claimed that vandals have targeted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just days after the completion of its $14.7million makeover.

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• Donald Trump.

  according to The Daily Beast

• The massive algae bloom is only one of the problems engulfing the renovated Reflecting Pool that Trump blew $14 million on and repeatedly gushed over.

  according to The Daily Beast

• The pool has been a headache for the president, who ordered the renovation to fix a long-term leak and fill it with "beautiful, clean" water while also repainting it 'American Flag Blue'...

  according to The Sun - News +1

• Vandals tried to destroy Reflecting Pool with chemicals, Trump says, as problem-plagued landmark starts peeling.

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• Just two weeks after the president’s massively misbegotten $14 million overhaul of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was officially…

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