President Donald Trump, on June 20, said the U.S. Park Police have arrested multiple people for acts of vandalism against the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool he recently ordered renovated.
“Who would do such a thing? These are very serious crimes having to do with the destruction of National Monuments. Years in jail!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Saturday evening. “Work will begin immediately on its repair.”
Earlier this year, Trump launched an effort to renovate numerous monuments on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., ahead of the country’s 250th Independence Day celebrations. 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….