Watch: Why the Washington DC Reflecting Pool became a global talking point

President Trump says the pool is probably going to be drained again, two weeks after a multi-million dollar renovation was completed.

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President Donald Trump says the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the US capital is probably going to be drained again.

Chunks of blue paint are peeling off the bottom just two weeks after multi-million dollar renovations were completed.

It has become a talking point around the world. BBC Verify’s Jake Horton explains how we got here.

Produced by Tom Joyner, graphics by Mark Edwards.

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