It looks like the Reflecting Pool's paint is already peeling off and floating to the surface.
"It'll last for 50 to 100 years before you have to do anything with it," Trump said of a then-newly "renovated" Reflecting Pool on June 3 in the Oval Office.
Trump wanted to paint the monument what he called "American flag blue," in a project that mysteriously went from costing under $2M to nearly $15M after he handed a no-bid contract to a contractor pal with no experience maintaining important historical landmarks.
Within a day, the "renovated" reflecting pool had begun developing algae blooms and turned a sickly green color — and Interior Department workers have been dumping gallons of hydrogen peroxide into it in a frantic attempt to reduce the algae.
Video shows what appears to be large paint chips floating to the surface, an unsurprising result given how this important site was mishandled and turned into a tacky vanity project.
It's hard not to see the Reflecting Pool as reflecting the current rot and corruption in DC, literally disintegrating under a the weight of backroom deals, dangerous incompetence, and a broad disregard for our most sacred monuments.
Do not get complacent when the midterms roll around — our institutions, treasured memorials, and democracy are literally on the line.
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Six were then KILLED. Survivors blame Hegseth.
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