American flag blue? Algae turns Trump’s reflecting pool swamp green instead
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The Trump administration undertook a multimillion-dollar overhaul of the Reflecting Pool at the National Mall intending to display bright blue water as part of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations. An algae outbreak transformed the pool green instead, frustrating the intended aesthetic transformation. The environmental barrier has prevented completion of this high-profile beautification initiative.
Progressive: Progressive-leaning outlets emphasize the substantial public investment devoted to Trump's personal beautification vision, characterizing it as a costly vanity project for the National Mall.
Moderate: Centrist outlets frame the outcome with irony, highlighting how natural environmental forces disrupted the administration's ambitious visual overhaul despite significant resources and planning.
One of President Donald Trump’s pet beauty projects for Washington was supposed to make the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool look blue, like part of the US flag.
Enter Mother Nature. Algae has proliferated in the water, turning it a swampy green.
“Can you see it in my photos? Oh well, I’ll just use a filter to hide the algae,” said Farrah Lu, a 43-year-old tourist from China.
The invasion comes just days after the completion of the pool repainting project, part of Trump’s drive to put his stamp...
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