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Here\u2019s What We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Key Background<\/h2>\n<p>President Donald Trump drained the Reflecting Pool in April in order to make significant renovations to the body of water first opened in 1922, including painting the basin \u201cAmerican Flag Blue.\u201d However, when the pool was refilled in June, it quickly turned green once again when an algae bloom came back in force, which the Department of the Interior blamed on \u201cresidual\u201d algae from supply lines filling the pool up with water from the Tidal Basin, a spokesperson told <u>CNN<\/u>. Martin told Forbes last week the Department of the Interior was using \u201cnanobubbler\u201d technology to treat the algae, which was now \u201cdead and being vacuumed up as we speak.\u201d Visitors soon saw large chunks of the new paint were soon seen peeling from the bottom of the basin, which Trump blamed on \u201cvandalism.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=919\">Trump Jr. Reportedly Met Indian Billionaire Adani Before DOJ Dropped Fraud Charges Against Him<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Surprising Fact<\/h2>\n<p>Trump has consistently admonished the Obama and Biden administrations for spending \u201cover 100 Million Dollars on the Reflecting Pool, and it never worked,\u201d even insisting \u201cit was rarely open due to leaks and \u2018stench.\u2019\u201d Biden never worked on any major renovations to the pool, according to an <u>Associated Press<\/u> fact check, while Obama spent about $34 million on renovations. In a similar turn of events, the <u>algae bloom returned<\/u> to the Reflecting Pool just weeks after Obama\u2019s renovations in 2012. Trump claims his administration spent about $16 million in total to repairs to the pool and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=917\">U.S. Futures Slump Over Selloff In Tech And Chipmaker Stocks<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Further Reading<\/h2>\n<p><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>Trump Threatens To Sue ABC News\u2014Alleges \u2018False Reporting\u2019 About Reflecting Pool<\/span><small>By <span>Siladitya Ray<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>Trump Says Reflecting Pool Repairs Will Begin \u2018Immediately\u2019<\/span><small>By <span>Zachary Folk<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>Reflecting Pool Appears Green After Trump Renovation: Photos<\/span><small>By <span>Zachary Folk<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wildlife rehab center collected the dead ducks to conduct necropsies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Killed The Ducks In The Reflecting Pool? 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