Reflecting Pool algae was ‘in the pipes’ Burgum says despite Trump blaming vandals

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the algae in the Reflecting Pool was “in the pipes” and is now all gone despite President Donald Trump’s insistence that vandals had introduced the organisms to the pool. Appearing on CNN the day after…
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