Nasty green algae returns to DC’s Reflecting Pool afterTrump’s $14M glow-up

Politics Nasty green algae returns to DC’s Reflecting Pool afterTrump’s $14M glow-up By Ryan King Published June 15, 2026, 3:51 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool still needs some algae emancipation. Just days after the iconic Reflecting Pool reopened following President Trump’s $14 million renovation to seal the concrete bottom with an “American flag blue,” its familiar gnarly-looking green algae once again took over. Algae has long been a perennial issue in the 6.7 million-gallon artificial shallow basin, which was first constructed in the early 1920s. 5 The green algae returned quickly after the Reflecting Pool reopened.

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