President Donald Trump said on June 20 that the U.S. Park Police have arrested multiple people for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which he recently ordered renovated.
“Who would do such a thing?” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on the evening of June 20. “These are very serious crimes having to do with the destruction of National Monuments. Years in jail! Work will begin immediately on its repair.”
Earlier this year, Trump began an effort to renovate numerous monuments on the National Mall in Washington ahead of the Independence Day celebrations on the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding. Among the renovation projects was to clean the reflecting pool and apply new blue lining. The renovations were recently completed, but algae has since begun to bloom in the pool….
Trump Says Park Police Arrested Multiple People for Vandalizing Newly Renovated DC Reflecting Pool
