Breakdown in the renovation of the White House Pool: Rushed work without tender

According to the report, the company admitted that workers had applied too little primer in places due to “human error.” In addition, the contractually required renovation plan included two chemical layers that proved to be incompatible. Accordingly, the upper layer assumed higher temperatures than the lower one could withstand. As a result, the bottom layer bubbled and then came loose.

Award of contract without public tender

As the New York Times reports, the breakdown was due to the hasty renovation. In order to complete the work in time for the 250th anniversary of the USA on July 4th, the government awarded the contract without a public tender. In addition, the two-layer coating was an untested process that was co-designed by the manager of one of Trump's golf clubs. Cost: $14.7 million. “Atlantic Industrial Coatings” now wants to repair the pool again at its own expense, it was said.

The judiciary also initially relied on Trump's vandalism theory and began investigating former Olympic canoeist David Hearn and other people at the beginning of July. A few weeks later, investigators withdrew their allegations. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the Interior Ministry had misled her team about the extent of the "botched assembly."

Trump still stuck to his account, but admitted in a social media post at the beginning of August: "There is no video and no proof."