{"id":14775,"date":"2026-06-21T06:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=14775"},"modified":"2026-06-21T06:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:02:01","slug":"trump-blames-terrible-vandals-for-washington-pool-renovation-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=14775","title":{"rendered":"Trump blames &#8216;terrible vandals&#8217; for Washington pool renovation woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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By the time I realized what was going on, I was being put in handcuffs,\u201d Hearn told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI reached in there, and I was able to grab the end of that flapping piece, the already peeling piece. It was still attached to the bottom. I didn\u2019t remove anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The National Park Service did not respond to an AFP query seeking comment and confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>An AFP photographer on Friday saw that bits of blue paint were being pumped out of the pool by workers, along with green algae that has blossomed since it was recently refilled, turning the water a swampy color.<\/p>\n<p>In one place, someone had traced the word \u201cTRUMP\u201d into the green scum on the bottom of the pool, where the blue paint is patchy.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Trump posted on Friday that 75 percent of the algae was \u201cgone, and the condition will soon be completely remedied\u201d adding that \u201cfortunately, is just a small area of damage, and will be fixed early next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 In bloom \u2013<\/p>\n<p>The Atlantic magazine sent algae from the Reflecting Pool\u00a0for scientific testing, and learned from experts that workers who had dumped hydrogen peroxide into the pool to rid it of algae had only inspired a different species to bloom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a pretty aggressive grower,\u201d Hans Paerl, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told the magazine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of the previous blue-green algae, the new green algae is \u201cjust taking over,\u201d Paerl said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who got his professional start in his father\u2019s real estate development business, has zealously undertaken several renovations during his second term, including tearing down the east wing of the White House for a ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>This Reflecting Pool is hallowed Washington real estate: it was from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famed \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech in 1963 to several hundred thousand people gathered around the pool.<\/p>\n<p>The renovation is among the preparations for the 250th anniversary celebrations of independence from in the United States this summer, on July 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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