Trump, Claiming Vandalism, Says Reflecting Pool Will Be Drained
Trump said federal authorities arrested multiple people after the $14 million Reflecting Pool renovation turned green and the lining began peeling.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced that federal authorities made multiple arrests for vandalism at the Reflecting Pool, blaming the incidents on the $14-million rehabilitation project launched for the Nations 250th anniversary.
- The $14-million project initially aimed for "American flag blue" lining to mirror the Washington Monument, but the pool turned green and the coating began peeling. Trump insisted "something nefarious" damaged the surface.
- David Hearn, a former Olympic canoe racer, was among those arrested; he told the Associated Press he reached into the Reflecting Pool only to examine the peeling coating after curiosity.
- Authorities discovered numbers "86 47" etched into grass on the National Mall, which may suggest a threat to President Trump, who described the destruction of National Monuments as "very serious crimes."
- The National Park Service, Park Police, and Interior Department did not respond to requests for comment regarding the vandalism claims, as the Reflecting Pool continues to draw negative attention.
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The recently blue water pool at the Lincoln Monument in Washington needs to be renovated.
Trump, claiming vandalism, says reflecting pool will be drained
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that “multiple individuals” had been arrested for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and that problems with a more than $14 million renovation project had become so severe that the pool would have to be at least partly drained for “necessary repairs.” The post Trump, claiming vandalism, says reflecting pool will be drained appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Trump claims vandals damaged D.C. Reflecting Pool, and says it will be drained again
The president posted on Truth Social claiming vandals slashed the pool's lining and poured chemicals into the water, saying arrests have been made. He provided no evidence for his claims.
Trump's "Reflecting Pool" has been vandalized. "Who would do something like that?" the president writes on Truth Social. And now he claims that several people have been arrested after
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