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A Washington fountain that the Trump administration restored this year is now running brown. The Meridian Hill Park Cascading Fountain was one of the president’s “beautification” projects in and around the capital for the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations—but it appears to be suffering a fate similar to the algae-filled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.
President Donald Trump’s more than $14 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation was completed just over a week ago, with its more than 300,000 square feet refilled with 6.5 million gallons of clean water.
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Trump Vanity Project Turns New Putrid Color
A historic fountain the Trump administration restored is a new putrid color days after it turned brown—and officials can’t say if it will ever return to normal. The Meridian Hill Park Cascading Fountain was one of the president’s “beautification” projects for America’s 250th anniversary celebration,
Malcolm X Park’s cascading fountain in Northwest Washington, D.C., turned a murky brown on Wednesday, just months after it reopened as part of President Donald Trump’s “Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful” initiative.
Trump and White House officials have blamed issues at the Reflecting Pool on vandalism, citing arrests and police reports.
