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An expert suggested to The Washington Post on Wednesday that President Donald Trump\u2019s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool paint job will leave it looking \u201csharp.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Workers recently began painting the bottom of the Reflecting Pool \u201cAmerican flag blue\u201d as part of Trump\u2019s broader effort to revamp parts of Washington, D.C. ahead of America\u2019s 250th anniversary in July. D.C.-based nonprofit the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) announced on May 11 that it is suing the Trump administration, that its decision to repaint the Reflecting Pool violates federal law. (RELATED: <\/strong><\/span>Trump\u2019s Reflecting Pool Makeover Hits The Deep End At $13.1 Million In Newly Reported Costs)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steve Goodale, a pool expert known online as \u201c<\/span>Swimming Pool Steve<\/span>,\u201d told The Washington Post in an interview that the Reflecting Pool\u2019s new paint job is<\/span> \u201cnot really going to end up looking like a swimming pool.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, it is \u201cgoing to very likely be a more sharp and accurate reflection versus the original gray color,\u201d Goodale told the outlet, adding that \u201cwhat you\u2019<\/span>re going to see is a higher contrast to the light of the sky and clouds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MAY 26: Members of the National Guard walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on May 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

TCLF President and CEO Charles Birnbaum said in a May 11 statement that \u201cthe <\/span>Reflecting Pool should not be viewed in isolation; it is part of the larger ensemble of designed landscapes that comprise the National Mall.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe design intent, to create a reflective surface that is subordinate, is fundamental to the solemn and hallowed visual and spatial connection between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial,\u201d Birnbaum added. \u201cA blue-tinted basin is more appropriate to a resort or theme park.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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However, Trump maintained Wednesday during a Cabinet meeting that \u201cwe made the surface [of the Reflecting Pool] as good as it can be,\u201d according to the AP.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we\u2019re now covering it with the most beautiful blue, very thick \u2013 you can think of it as a very sophisticated form of rubber,\u201d the president added. \u201cNo leaks. No problems. And it\u2019<\/span>s beautiful. It\u2019s called American flag blue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The ongoing repairs to the Reflecting Pool are now projected to cost an additional $11.3 million compared to Trump\u2019s original estimates, The New York Times (NYT) first reported on May 11. The repairs have also seemingly fallen behind schedule, according to the NYT.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the Reflecting Pool at The Lincoln Memorial,\u201d Trump wrote in an April 24 Truth Social post. \u201cTwo thousand five hundred feet, the length of the tallest Building in the World. Starting the final phase of Renovation that was supposed to cost 301 Million Dollars, and take three years, and was instead done, with the help of Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, and his entire Department, and a much better final result \u2013 2 Million Dollars in one week! I do many such things for Government and, as President, it is my Honor to do so. This is just one of them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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