Despite everything else going on in the world right now, one 2,000-ft body of water is currently dominating the political world. This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has become an unlikely center of Trump administration criticism.
In advance of the nation’s 250th celebrations on July 4, Donald Trump ordered that the pool’s bottom be resurfaced, painted “American flag blue” (a color he personally selected), and the work was completed in early June.
