'Not even a week later, it's already completely green,' late night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, said of the pool project,
Pool on Tuesday night after a $14 million makeover to give the historic landmark an"American flag blue" finish was beset by algal blooms, which turned the water green.
Teams of National Park Service employees and contractors used hydrogen peroxide on Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to overcome the issue. Trump has made tackling the problem part of a Washington beautification project ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary. Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel showed footage on his show, adding:"Trump spent reportedly $14 million updating the reflecting pool on the National Mall.
" "He set out to resurface and repaint it because he didn't like the way it looked. He wanted to paint it American flag blue. That was the color. So, the project was completed last week.
And now, not even a week later, it's already completely green," he said. , said,"President Trump just finished his $14 million project on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool," before quickly being interrupted with boos from the audience.
"He was trying to make the water American flag blue," Kimmel said. "But due to algae growth, it’s now a bright green. "This is a developing story. More to follow.
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