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A Second No-Bid Reflecting Pool Contract Went to a Trump Donor and Mar-a-Lago Neighbor Who Admitted to Bribing a Congressman
The New York Times reports that Greenwater Services, an Ohio firm, received a $1.7 million no-bid contract to install the "ozone nanobubbler" filtration system in the Reflecting Pool. The company is owned by the J.J. Cafaro Investment Trust, led by John J. Cafaro — a Trump donor, Mar-a-Lago neighbor, and a man Trump has called "a fantastic man." Cafaro admitted to providing an "unlawful gratuity" (a bribe) to former Rep. James Traficant and to committing perjury in federal court; he received probation while Traficant got eight years. The company listed Cafaro's Palm Beach mansion as its Florida address and his investment trust's phone number in Ohio lobbying records. The White House says Trump "was not involved" in selecting Greenwater. This is the second no-bid Reflecting Pool contract given to a Trump-connected firm — the first, $13.1 million to Atlantic Industrial Coatings, went to a company whose prior pool work was at Trump's golf club. Combined cost: nearly $15 million. The pool is green. The two miles of faulty pipes that cause the algae problem remain unfixed.
Trump Spent $13.1 Million Painting the Reflecting Pool "American Flag Blue" — It Turned Green with Algae in One Day. Workers Are Now Dumping Hydrogen Peroxide into It
Trump personally ordered the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool painted "American Flag Blue" ahead of America's 250th birthday. He drove across it during construction, bragged it would be "the great color," and posted a photo of the "very complex, but powerful, Dark Blue surface" with "CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL WATER." One day after refilling, it turned green with algae. Workers scooped clumps with nets. By Friday it was green again. The administration is now dumping gallon bottles of hydrogen peroxide into it and deploying a $1.7 million "ozone nanobubbler." One worker told CNN cleaning it could take "an entire lifetime." A pool specialist warned the darker blue paint absorbs more sunlight, raises water temperature, and accelerates algae growth — "it's a foregone conclusion." The $13.1 million no-bid contract went to Atlantic Industrial Coatings, a company whose only prior pool work was at the Trump National Golf Club, at a 20% profit margin (double the federal norm). They failed to seal the concrete twice. The pool is fed by the Tidal Basin — essentially Potomac swamp water. Social media users noted the pool was now "Iranian flag green." Sen. Blumenthal: "American taxpayers ought to feel absolutely cheated."