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.

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.

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.