VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-11-04
“This was in the Biden era … They just spend money after money after money. Look, it’s not an easy thing. The algae is brutal. It forms easily … All you saw was dirt and filth and paper and everything else for years.”
Donald Trump · said 2026-11-02 · reported 2026-11-04
Trump held a press conference at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, blaming his predecessors for algae in the water.
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