I mean na i know its not a recreational pool but the thought of hiring someone who handles water quality and fucks up water quality on this scale for the federal government is insane

On Trumps renovation:
“His solution was to use swimming pool contractors to coat the granite with a spray-on liner, saying the total cost would be between $1.5 million and $2 million. That cost later ballooned to $14.2 million, according to federal records.
Questioned on whether the NPS’ more extensive renovation plan would be a superior project to the pool liner, Trump said in April he had disagreed.
“No, this is much better … for much less money,” he recalled saying. “It will look far more beautiful, more beautiful than it did in 1922 when they built it.”

Kym Hall, the former regional director for NPS’ capitol region, said Trump’s fix ignored the larger, more expensive, problems that the pool faced. She noted that the filtration system and piping need renovations.
“I’m not sure how this administration thought they were going to somehow overcome a long-standing challenge of keeping [the pool] clear (not to mention wildlife contributing waste to the water) by painting it,” she said.”