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Blue paint on bottom of Reflecting Pool appears to be peeling away
WTOP • • nation
Key Points:
- The Reflecting Pool, recently painted "American Flag Blue" under President Trump's direction, is experiencing peeling paint along the bottom, with a 2- to 3-foot section lifting near the south edge.
- Despite efforts to clean the pool using scrubbing, nanobubble ozone technology, and hydrogen peroxide, algae has returned, turning much of the pool green again.
- Observers and locals expressed concern over the quality of the work and viewed the peeling paint as a possible metaphor for broader issues with Trump administration projects.
- Approximately one-third of the pool remains clean and blue, while the rest shows the typical summer algae green coloration.
- It remains unclear if the cleaning methods employed contributed to the paint peeling.
