Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's damaged liner is set to be repaired by the same company that did the initial work. President Trump has said the lining, which began to crack and peel shortly after it was completed, was damaged by vandals. Questions have swirled around the project after no-bid contracts were awarded to companies with previous ties to President Trump. #reflectingpool #trump

Pressed by CBS News’ @Ed O’Keefe on whether there is evidence vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, President Trump pointed to what he described as long cuts in the pool’s surface and claimed someone may have deliberately caused the recent algae outbreak. “I saw it, they cut it. They cut it very violently,” Trump said. “The same thing with the floor, they cut it. And then they lifted it, they pulled it, and that's what it is.” #news #trump #reflectingpool #washingtondc #lincolnme

Donald Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool from what the US president described as a “filthy” and “dirty” site into a “beautiful” monument has encountered a hitch. The water is green again. Days after the renovation was finished, algae have frustrated Trump’s attempt to transform the shade of the pool to “American flag blue” in time for the country’s 250th birthday. The reflecting pool – one of Washington DC’s most historically symbolic attractions, and the scene