Jimmy Kimmel criticized Donald Trump after the Washington, D.C. reflecting pool, recently repainted in a dark “American flag blue” as part of a reported $14 million renovation, turned green less than a week after the project was completed.
“Trump spent reportedly $14 million updating the reflecting pool on the National Mall,” Kimmel said. “He set out to resurface and repaint it because he didn’t like the way it looked. He wanted to paint it American flag blue. That was the color. So, the project was completed last week. And now, not even a week later, it’s already completely green.”
He continued, “It’s Mexican flag green. That’s what the White House calls residual algae. They’ve got workers out there. They’ve been dumping gallons of hydrogen peroxide in there, which is also how he colors his hair, by the way.”
Kimmel said the dark blue paint appears to have caused the water to retain more heat, contributing to the algae growth. “He promised he would drain the swamp,” Kimmel joked. “Instead, he spent 14 million of our dollars building a new one. His next step is to move St. Patrick’s Day to July and claim it’s green on purpose.”
The host also joked about Trump’s business background, saying, “He owns hotels. If there was one thing he could do, you would think it was keep a pool clean. He can’t even get that right.”
Kimmel then addressed Fox News coverage of the issue, airing a clip of a reporter suggesting that “no other president” would clean up the reflecting pool. “That’s right,” Kimmel replied. “No one. Sorry. Abraham Lincoln wouldn’t have done that. He couldn’t have done it. He didn’t have the courage to do it.”
Kimmel also responded to a Real America’s Voice News reporter who suggested the algae might be the result of something more sinister. “My God, the algae is working with Antifa,” Kimmel said. “You’ve cracked the case.”
He added, “Of all the many dumb and crazy problems that Donald Trump has created never did I imagine that one of them would be algae.”
