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The Interior Department added $6.2 million to the no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool late last week.
The pool is being resurfaced in a shade more akin to that of a swimming pool. It's one of many physical changes Trump is planning for the nation's capital.
The choice to paint the reflecting pool could impact the way visitors to the National Mall experience it, according to preservationists
The president ordered the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to be coated with a blue liner.