Algae turns Trump's $14M 'American flag blue' Reflecting Pool bright green; White House blames Obama

Google News Top—The National Mall's Reflecting Pool turned a vivid green just days after a $14.2 million Trump administration renovation designed to dye the water patriotic blue, as algae overwhelmed the treatment system. The White House deflected blame onto the Obama administration for the malfunction. Records separately revealed a much larger Trump project — a White House ballroom renovation estimated at $600 million, with roughly half funded by taxpayers. The pool's rapid transformation has become an instant symbol of the broader renovation controversy.

• Google News Top — Algae thwarted Trump's $14.2M plan to dye the pool 'American flag blue'
• NBC News — Politics — Trump wanted the Reflecting Pool to be ‘American flag blue.’ Algae is turning it green.
• The Straits Times — Trump ballroom cost soars to $769m, half from taxpayers, report says
• NOTUS — Reflecting Pool Party
• Daily Mail — Trump slaps taxpayers with eye-popping bill for his new White House ballroom
• The Independent (UK) — Trump’s ballroom now set to cost $600 million - with half coming from taxpayers, new report reveals
• New York Magazine — Turns Out Taxpayers Are Biggest White House Ballroom ‘Donor’
• Memeorandum — Trump wanted the Reflecting Pool to be 'American flag blue.' Algae is turning it green. (NBC News)
• Memeorandum — Trump promised clear water. The reflecting pool went green. (Politico)
• Drudge Report — Records show Trump White House ballroom renovation estimated at 600 million with half from taxpayers
• The Bulwark — BOMBSHELL: Trump’s Ballroom to Cost Taxpayers $300 Million
• The Hill — White House ballroom costs may rise to $600M, with half coming from taxpayers: Report
• Wired — Why the Reflecting Pool Is Full of Algae After Trump's Renovation
• Washington Post — Tracking Trump’s White House ballroom promises on taxpayer costs and more
• The Independent (UK) — Trump administration blamed Obama for the pool turning green after the $14M refurb
• Drudge Report — Washington Reflecting Pool turns green days into Trump renovation project
• Memeorandum — White House ballroom renovation estimated at $600M; roughly half from taxpayers
• The Hill — Green algae returned to the Reflecting Pool just days into the renovation