WATCH: Questions surround $14M Reflecting Pool renovation as new paint peels off the bottom

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Just two weeks after President Trump announced work at the Reflecting Pool in D.C.

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had been completed, paint is now peeling off.

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Paint Peels Off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Just Days After Trump's $14.2 Million Renovations - Forbes.

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Paint Peels Off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Just Days After Trump's $14.2 Million Renovations ForbesFirm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool

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The quiz knows NPRFloating paint pieces and algae bloom raising concerns at newly repainted Reflecting Pool WUSA9Paint Peels Off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Just Days After Trump's $14.2 Million Renovations ForbesFirm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool The New York TimesBlue material peeling off bottom of Reflecting Pool, days after costly renovation

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See blue paint peel away in Lincoln Memorial's iconic Reflecting Pool USA TodayFloating paint pieces and algae bloom raising concerns at newly repainted Reflecting Pool WUSA9Why did the newly refurbished Reflecting Pool turn green?

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WATCH: Questions surround $14M Reflecting Pool renovation as new paint peels off the bottom.

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Washington's iconic Reflecting Pool is still green from algae – and now the "American Flag Blue" paint is peeling off the bottom.

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A: Paint Peels Off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Just Days After Trump's $14.2 Million Renovations - Forbes.

B: Paint Peels Off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Just Days After Trump's $14.2 Million Renovations ForbesFirm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool

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A: Paint Peels Off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Just Days After Trump's $14.2 Million Renovations ForbesFirm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool

B: See blue paint peel away in Lincoln Memorial's iconic Reflecting Pool USA TodayFloating paint pieces and algae bloom raising concerns at newly repainted Reflecting Pool WUSA9Why did the newly refurbished Reflecting Pool turn green?

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A: Paint Peels Off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Just Days After Trump's $14.2 Million Renovations ForbesFirm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool

B: Paint peeling after $14 million memorial pool renovation.

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A: The quiz knows NPRFloating paint pieces and algae bloom raising concerns at newly repainted Reflecting Pool WUSA9Paint Peels Off Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Just Days After Trump's $14.2 Million Renovations ForbesFirm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool The New York TimesBlue material peeling off bottom of Reflecting Pool, days after costly renovation

B: Paint is peeling and algae is blooming less than two weeks after the $14 million renovation of DC's Reflecting Pool.

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**** The newly renovated Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial has turned green and peeling paint is causing concerns, with blue paint peeling off the bottom after a $14 million renovation. **