Algae clouded Trump's vision for the Reflecting Pool. scientists not surprised
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The main difference is that Trump made a big deal out of how he was going to turn it into a not-petri-dish while previous presidents just knuckled down and got the work done. None of them really succeeded, but only Trump made sure the world knew about it.
Algae?
I wonder if he aced the spelling of algae on those genius tests he aced.