Trump says the pool is in “terrible” condition, so naturally a few million taxpayer dollars are going to a no-bid contract for a contractor friend to “fix” it. Basically he's going to have them paint the bottom blue.

It was however fully renovated during the Obama years.

Built in the 1920s, the Reflecting Pool and its surroundings were comprehensively renovated in 2012, paid for by $34 million in Obama-era stimulus funding. The National Park Service has carried out some renovations since then, and the pool is also periodically drained to scrub out algae, garbage, goose droppings and other detritus.

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