In a statement to CNN, Katie Martin — the communications director at the US Department of the Interior — said, "What you are seeing is residual algae from the supply lines, which have been sitting dormant for eight weeks while construction has been taking place. It's part of the normal startup process. We are removing the algae, and the nanobubblers will maintain the pool and keep it algae free." She also said, "President Donald J. Trump is an expert builder who has fixed the Reflecting Pool for good unlike the failed and extremely costly attempt by Obama and Biden." Okay then.
Of course, some Trump supporters have other conspira— I mean, hypotheses. Grant Stinchfield posted a Reflecting Pool video on X (formerly Twitter) that's currently going viral. According to his bio, Grant is a "#MAGA Champion," so make of that what you will.
In the tweet, he wrote: "President Trump fixes the reflecting pool and a week later it's green again, loaded with algae… Sabotage… Vandalism? I believe it is. The left can't stand Trump, American greatness and his quest to make DC beautiful again. What a shame!"
In the video, Grant voices his belief that the algae in the reflecting pool is "sabotage"...
...and that people are "pumping something into this."
He interviews several MAGA passersby. "That wouldn't shock me either," one person says, while another tells him, "I agree with you."
Grant continues, "What a shame, because in the end, after all the work that was done, after as proud as I was of President Trump for finally getting this thing fixed, we're back to green. And again, is it nefarious? I tend to think so. You wouldn't have so much algae that you see in here. You would not have that, that quickly, unless somebody did something. I'm telling you."