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About that magnificent reflecting pool that Trump is so proud of. Reality would like a word:

President Donald Trump’s newly-renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was showing signs of cracking and peeling again - just hours after he declared the troubled project a success.

On Monday, Trump stood in front of the historic Washington, D.C., landmark to deliver a closing midterm election message and used the opportunity to celebrate the completion of a second round of renovations. He called the work “a complete job and we’re very proud of it.”

Shortly after his speech wrapped up, Washington Post reporters walking the perimeter of the reopened Reflecting Pool spotted several areas where the new coating appeared to be cracking or peeling.

The reporters also noted at least 20 other spots where the coating’s color was noticeably uneven, with light blue streaks appearing across the surface instead of the dark “American flag blue” Trump selected for the renovation.

“We fixed the leaks, we resurfaced the bottom in a beautiful dark blue,” Trump had said, adding that the pool had been finished with “the strongest coating you can get.”

independent.co.uk - Trump reflecting pool cracking

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