The Reflecting Pool, once envisioned as a gleaming blue tribute under Trump’s watch, has instead become a symbol of something far more familiar in American life: the collision between spectacle and reality. As the water turned green and paint began to peel, experts quietly pointed to a predictable algal bloom, the kind that happens when sunlight, nutrients, and still water meet. Yet Trump’s response turned a technical hiccup into a political battlefield, accusing “Radical Left Lunatics” of waging chemical war on his legacy.
Trump blames ‘Radical Left Lunatics’ after $14 million Reflecting Pool turns green
