{"id":7384,"date":"2026-06-19T10:42:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/trump-spent-14-million-on-the-reflecting-pool-its-now-a-green-swamp\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:42:37","slug":"trump-spent-14-million-on-the-reflecting-pool-its-now-a-green-swamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/trump-spent-14-million-on-the-reflecting-pool-its-now-a-green-swamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Spent $14 Million on the Reflecting Pool \u2014 It&#8217;s Now a Green Swamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N5hS1BdsEzY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>President Trump spent over $14 million in taxpayer money<br \/>\nrenovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool \u2014 painting<br \/>\nit &quot;American Flag Blue&quot; as part of his America250<br \/>\ncelebrations. Within days of completion it turned bright<br \/>\ngreen with algae. Workers are now dumping hydrogen peroxide<br \/>\ninto it. CNN tested the water and found dangerously high<br \/>\nphosphate levels. One National Park Service worker said<br \/>\ncleaning it could take &quot;a lifetime.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The same week Trump wasted $14 million turning a national<br \/>\nlandmark into a swamp \u2014 his DOJ moved to block $25,000<br \/>\nreparations payments to Black families in Evanston,<br \/>\nIllinois.<\/p>\n<p>In this video we break down exactly what went wrong,<br \/>\nwhat taxpayers actually paid for, what the White House<br \/>\nis saying, and what this says about this administration&#8217;s<br \/>\npriorities.<\/p>\n<p>Stay until the end \u2014 the comparison will make your<br \/>\nblood boil.<\/p>\n<p>\u23f1\ufe0f CHAPTERS:<br \/>\n0:00 \u2014 The $14 Million Promise<br \/>\n2:00 \u2014 What Trump Actually Said About the Pool<br \/>\n4:00 \u2014 What Went Wrong \u2014 The Algae Disaster Explained<br \/>\n7:00 \u2014 CNN Tests the Water \u2014 Results Are Shocking<br \/>\n10:00 \u2014 Workers Dumping Hydrogen Peroxide \u2014 Will It Work?<br \/>\n13:00 \u2014 What the White House Is Saying<br \/>\n16:00 \u2014 Trump Called It Filthy \u2014 Now Look at It<br \/>\n19:00 \u2014 $14M for a Swamp While Black Reparations Get Blocked<br \/>\n23:00 \u2014 My Take \u2014 What This Really Says About Priorities<br \/>\n26:00 \u2014 What Happens to the Pool Next<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for weekly news breakdowns that actually<br \/>\nmatter to YOUR community.<\/p>\n<p>#ReflectingPool #Trump #TrumpFail #LincolnMemorial<br \/>\n#Algae #AmericaBlue #TaxpayerMoney #America250<br \/>\n#TrumpWaste #BlackReparations #Evanston #BreakingNews<br \/>\n#TrumpNews #BlackAmerica #PoliticalNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump spent over $14 million in taxpayer money renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool \u2014 painting it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hqdefault-190.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}