Trump shares news of crystal clear Reflecting Pool, calls for vandalism suspects arrest
President Trump and his Interior Department are declaring an America 250 victory over algae in the Lincoln Reflecting Pool.Trump shared photos on Truth Social on Sunday showing the pool and the reflection of the Washington Monument appearing clear and blue, and made a call out with a “Wanted” poster for vandals.“The U.S.Park Police is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individual in the notice below in connection with a Destruction of Government Property investigation related to the Reflecting Pool,” Trump wrote Sunday on Truth Social.Trump also shared an Interior Department statement crediting “advanced nanobubbler technology” and National Park Service cleanup work.“The advanced nanobubbler technology very effectively killed the algae that has plagued every Lincoln Reflecting Pool reopening — most infamously Obama’s reopening — since 1922,” Dei Gratia Minerals founder Greg Wischer, Interior’s deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management, wrote in a letter shared with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Trump.“The Reflecting Pool water is crystal clear, and our National Park Service team is now vacuuming up the dead algae resting on the bottom of some parts of the Reflecting Pool — just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf.”The photos shared by Trump show the Reflecting Pool stretching toward the Washington Monument under blue skies.
One image appears to show the pool from the Lincoln Memorial end, while a second closer view shows the Washington Monument reflected in the water.Trump also shared a US Interior Press social media post hailing the technological success, quoting that Wischer memo.“The vacuuming is the final maintenance step after refilling the pool, and it will be complete in a few days,” his memo continued.“Already, the section of the Reflecting Pool closest to the Lincoln Memorial has been vacuumed up, and the beautiful American Flag Blue coat...