FNC's Peter Doocy asked the White House on Wednesday whether the president is worried that by the country's 250th anniversary celebration this summer, the Potomac River will still "smell like poop." Read more: So There’s 300 Million Gallons of Poop Water in the Potomac River "He is worried about that,

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the sewage leaking into the Potomac River is a “problem we want to fix,” especially as the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday. The

President Trump is concerned a raw sewage spill in the Potomac River could muck up plans for the country's 250th birthday this summer.

It’s not often one hears the word “poop” in the White House briefing room. But it was uttered Wednesday by a reporter asking if President Trump was worried the Potomac River would still smell of excrement this summer when the nation’s capitol is packed for the country’s 250th birthday celebrations.

A sewage pipe collapse just outside of Washington, D.C. that spilled 200 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River has caught Trump's attention.

The District’s Potomac sewage emergency stems from long‑neglected infrastructure which will be addressed through prolonged repairs and higher rates on the population and devastated health and livelihoods for River residents.

An ecological crisis of "historic proportion" is underway in the Potomac River after a massive sewer pipe collapse north of Washington, D.C., the U.S.