Trump ordered the water in the pool at the Lincoln Memorial to be blue. Due to the repainting of the bottom, it started to heat up and the water turned green The blue coating on the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial pool began peeling off days after a multi-million dollar renovation ordered by President Trump. Prior to this, the water turned green due to algae, exacerbated by the dark bottom heating the water. This incident follows a previous costly repair in 2012 that also failed to resolve the algae issue.

• The blue coating on the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial pool started peeling off days after being repainted and refilled.
• The renovation was part of a multi-million dollar reconstruction project ordered by President Trump.
• Before the repainting, the pool water turned green from algae, which multiplied faster due to the dark bottom heating the water.
• A previous $34 million repair in 2012 also failed to permanently solve the algae problem.
• The cost of the current project increased from an initial $1.8 million to $14.7 million.
• The pool has a history of algae and leakage issues dating back almost a century.