Wasn't the guy in charge for the reflecting pool makeover Trump's neighbour in Florida, a Republican donor who had been convicted of trying to bribe a local politician?

There is something deeply ironic about a man who entered politics promising to "drain the swamp" engaging an out-of-bid contractor friend who then renders an iconic national site swampy green.

Occams' Razor says this is plain old chemistry, not some dumb-arse conspiracy theory to lift the blue paint up and turn the water green. Anyway, aren't those monuments all guarded and subject to video surveillance?