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President Donald Trump says the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the US capital is probably going to be drained again. <\/p>\n

Chunks of blue paint are peeling off the bottom just two weeks after multi-million dollar renovations were completed.<\/p>\n

It has become a talking point around the world. BBC Verify’s Jake Horton explains how we got here.<\/p>\n

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