{"id":1638,"date":"2026-06-17T14:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:46:19","slug":"cnn-reveals-how-badly-trump-botched-his-vanity-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1638","title":{"rendered":"CNN Reveals How Badly Trump Botched His Vanity Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The algae-infested water in the refilled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is even more disgusting than its green color suggests.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1636\">\u2018Top Chef\u2019 Finalist Forced Into MAGA Denial After Trump UFC Appearance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During an episode of <i>The Issue Is<\/i>, CNN\u2019s Washington correspondent Sunlen Serfaty took a sample from the pool that President Donald Trump ordered be repainted and refilled as part of the America250 celebrations and sent it off for testing.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>During the segment, Serfaty dunked a clear plastic bottle into the pool to collect the sample, revealing its off-putting greenish hue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The results showed that the pool\u2019s \u201cphosphate levels are far higher than what is recommended to keep algae at bay, based on estimates for a pool that holds 6.5 million gallons of water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phosphates are a primary nutrient for algae, and elevated levels can rapidly fuel algal blooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s already some phosphate fertilizer in the water, that\u2019s really opportunistic, especially for the blue-green algae that can fix nitrogen, so they are having a field day out here,\u201d Barrett Brooks, an algae specialist in the Botany Department at the Museum of Natural History, told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old president has been left embarrassed after his plan to refill the pool and repaint it a shade of \u201cAmerican Flag Blue\u201d ran into the same algae problems that previous administrations have faced.<\/p>\n<p>Trump originally claimed the renovation would cost around $1.8 million, but the price tag has ballooned to more than $14 million.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1634\">Judge Slaps Trump\u2019s Kennedy Center Goons With Looming Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, crews were seen pouring liters of hydrogen peroxide into the more than 2,000-foot-long pool in a desperate effort to treat the algae.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of the Interior insists that hydrogen peroxide is a \u201cmilder treatment\u201d than chlorine, which is commonly used to clean pools, and says its use will not harm wildlife or the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The department has also said that a water-treatment system known as the \u201cnanobubbler\u201d is working to break down the algae before it is vacuumed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nanobubbler technology has successfully destroyed the algae bloom that has plagued every pool reopening since 1922\u2014most infamously the Obama-era pool reopening, which resulted in massive algae clumps taking over the pool\u2019s surface following years of construction that cost taxpayers millions upon millions, only for the pool to become broken and disgusting days later,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, a resident of Alexandria, Virginia, told the Daily Beast that the state of the reflecting pool is \u201ca mess\u201d and that they have \u201cnever seen it this green before.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a waste of our tax dollars,\u201d James, who declined to give his surname and has lived in the D.C. area for decades, added. \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1632\">Trump\u2019s Secret \u2018Hunger Games\u2019 Stunt for Vance and Rubio Is Leaked<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the Department of the Interior for comment.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The algae-infested water in the refilled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is even more disgusting than its green color suggests. 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