The swamp is no longer a metaphor.

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Green algae and other organic material have returned to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, just days after the Trump administration wrapped its roughly $14 million renovation of the monument.

Photographers and reporters from multiple news outlets saw the buildup across the pool throughout this week.

An algae spot near the World War II Memorial reportedly expanded between Wednesday and Thursday amid wet and warm weather, the Washington Post reports.

President Donald Trump repeatedly insisted his project would clean up the pool, which he said past predecessors left in a “disgusting” state.

“That’s not what our country is about,” Trump told reporters during an impromptu tour of the renovation last month. “Our country is about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people. Not a filthy capital.”

The president’s algae issue this time around is the latest source of controversy over the pool project.

He has also faced scrutiny for the no-bid, roughly $14 million set of contracts awarded to finish the renovation, which Trump originally said would cost about a seventh of that price and only take a week.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-reflecting-pool-algae-lincoln-memorial-b2994953.html