Trump Admin Flouts Rules with $14.2 Million No-Bid Pool Contract as Lincoln Memorial Pool Turns Green
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of government mismanagement has taken a decidedly aquatic turn, this time centered around a no-bid contract that could have come straight out of a political satire. The Trump administration authorized a $14.2 million deal to a contractor with no prior federal experience to overhaul the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — a project that has quickly devolved into a public spectacle of incompetence. What makes this story truly astonishing is how it unfolded: the government awarded a massive, no-competition contract to a company that doesn’t even list swimming pools on its website and












