| Since returning to the White House on January 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump has been obsessed with giving the Washington D.C. area an extensive makeover -- from the Kennedy Center to a proposed White House ballroom to a proposed 'triumphal arch' near Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Trump's renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is drawing widespread criticism thanks to problems that include algae, dead ducks and peeling paint. And according to The Hill, the Reflecting Pool is the focus of an 'multifront legal battle' that is 'intensifying.' |



