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Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle deepens

How a $16 million renovation went so wrong, briefly explained.

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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s Reflecting Pool mess is only getting worse.

What’s happening? By now, you’ve probably heard: The recently renovated and refinished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, ostensibly painted “American Flag Blue,” is green.

The reasons why, it turns out, are fairly simple: “American Flag Blue” is a much darker shade than the pool’s........

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