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Donald Trump’s $14 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation couldn’t stop algae from blooming in the D.C. heat and turning the water a murky shade of green once again.

The unsightly hue plagued the pool just in time for an estimated 125,000 people to descend on Washington for Trump’s “Freedom 250” UFC fights on the White House lawn for his birthday on Sunday — despite work crews spreading chlorine pellets to try to deter algae growth.

The Washington Post reported that the bloom “expanded between Wednesday and Thursday amid wet and warm weather.”

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[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 28 points 5 hours ago

Pretty typical of a new pool to bloom algae when filled. You have to dump a bunch of chlorine or bromine in to prevent it. A competent company that does large pool/ponds would have a plan to deal with it.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Given the sheer surface area of that pool it's gotta be a nightmare to maintain too. Sunlight cripples chlorine.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago

A competent company

Wasn't it just DonOLD's pool guy given a no-bid contract at a much higher than average profitability rate?

[-] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago

DonOLD's

Every day I log onto Lemmy, I see liberals coming up with a new nickname for Trump.

Part of me is annoyed because they're sometimes so esoteric I have to decode them.

But another part of me is impressed at the variety and creativity

¯\(ツ)

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

liberals

Excuse you.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Yeah, that's just weird. Why can't they call him something respectable like "daddy" like the Republicans do? That's totally not super weird or creepy to the point of being disturbing!

[-] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 1 points 26 minutes ago

Lmao, do you think I'm a chud or something? I don't like liberals because I'm one of those spooky Tankies y'all are so afraid of. Get with the program

[-] Jessicat@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Sigh, we live in the shittiest timeline.

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