"U.S. President Donald Trump believed he had a solution to the reflecting pool’s algae problems: painting its bottom a particular shade of blue. Less than two weeks after the repair work finished, the algae is back.

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    2 days ago

    And their attempted fix was to dump a bunch of hydrogen peroxide in. Which may fix it temporarily but the algae are gonna be back once the sun breaks down the peroxide.

    Anyways they should plant some reeds and go for the swamp look at this point.

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    >promised it would cost $1.5 Million of taxpayer money
    >gives contract to company working on his private estate pools without considering competing offers
    >ends up costing $14 Million of taxpayers money
    >iconic monument end up looking like Shrek
    >people still say he is some 4D chess playing mastermind for that will save the US