從國家廣場到霍爾木茲海峽，TRUMP. 總統正面臨兩大難題，而這兩大難題讓他無法說服支持者。Trump on the Shabby Condition of the Reflecting Pool: Not My Fault 無生態/科學問題，無法用政治手法解決：林肯紀念堂倒影池The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ， 原本計劃重新開放，作為唐納德·特朗普華盛頓特區美化計劃中的愛國主義象徵。池底被重新塗上了川普所謂的“美國國旗藍”，以迎接美國建國250週年。根據內政部的合約摘要，該計畫於4月啟動，耗資約1,470萬美元。 6月初，池水開始重新流入。不久之後，藍色池底變成了綠色，藻類在淺水池中蔓延開來。工作人員開始嘗試用過氧化氫和其他處理方法控制藻類。

 

Trump on the Shabby Condition of the Reflecting Pool: Not My Fault

President Trump said the blooms of green algae and the peeling polyurethane had nothing to do with the rushed $16.4 million makeover he had ordered.

Ongoing work on Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has been troubled for decades by leaks and algae blooms that turn its water green.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/us/politics/trump-reflecting-pool-blame.html

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戴維·A·格雷厄姆認為，從國家廣場到霍爾木茲海峽，總統正面臨兩大難題，而這兩大難題讓他無法說服支持者無

The Atlantic

From the National Mall to the Strait of Hormuz, the president is contending with two problems that defy his ability to convince his supporters to disregard what they can see with their own eyes, David A. Graham argues: https://theatln.tc/iU4CiuSV

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林肯紀念堂倒影池原本計劃重新開放，作為唐納德·特朗普華盛頓特區美化計劃中的愛國主義象徵。池底被重新塗上了川普所謂的“美國國旗藍”，以迎接美國建國250週年。根據內政部的合約摘要，該計畫於4月啟動，耗資約1,470萬美元。

6月初，池水開始重新流入。不久之後，藍色池底變成了綠色，藻類在淺水池中蔓延開來。工作人員開始嘗試用過氧化氫和其他處理方法控制藻類。目前，相關工作仍在進行中。

生產混凝劑和其他水處理化學品的美國鋁業公司（Usalco）的高級研發人員阿什利·貝爾解釋了倒影池可能出現的問題以及可以採取的措施。 http://spklr.io/6005E37vf

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was intended to reopen as a patriotic showpiece of Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., beautification plan, with the bottom of the pool freshly coated in what he called “American flag blue” and the feature ready for the country’s 250th anniversary. The project, which began in April, cost an estimated $14.7 million, according to a contract summary from the Department of the Interior.

In early June water began to flow back into the pool. Soon after the blue gave way to green, as algae spread across the shallow basin, and crews began trying to knock it back with hydrogen peroxide and other treatments. Efforts are ongoing.

Ashley Bair, a senior research developer at Usalco, which makes coagulants and other water-treatment chemicals, explains what might be happening in the Reflecting Pool and what can be done about it. http://spklr.io/6005E37vf