{"id":2550,"date":"2026-06-21T04:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:37:47","slug":"trump-blaming-alleged-vandals-says-washington-reflecting-pool-needs-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2550","title":{"rendered":"Trump, blaming alleged vandals, says Washington Reflecting Pool needs repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div>WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that much of \u200bthe water at the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool \u200cin Washington &#8220;probably&#8221; has to be drained for repairs following what he called &#8220;vandalism&#8221; of the site.<\/div><div>&#8220;We met with contractors today, will probably be forced to release and drain \u200bmuch of the water in order to do the necessary \u200brepairs, but will have them done as quickly as possible,&#8221; \u2060Trump wrote in a post on the social media website Truth Social.<\/div><div>Several alleged \u200bvandals have been arrested, according to Trump.<\/div><div>&#8220;Many additional people have been arrested \u200bhaving to do with the disgraceful Vandalism of our beautiful Reflecting Pool,&#8221; he wrote.<\/div><div>Trump did not provide evidence to support his allegation of vandalism, which he said included someone \u200bpouring corrosive chemicals into the pool. The U.S. Park Police, the \u200bInterior Department and the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the District of Columbia did not \u200cimmediately \u2060respond to requests for comment.<\/div><div>Trump announced on June 6 that work was completed on a $14.7 million renovation project for the pool. Soon after, workers started pouring hydrogen peroxide into the pool to combat an algae \u200bbloom that had \u200bturned it green, \u2060instead of the expected dark blue.<\/div><div>Earlier this week, the paint on the reflecting pool was peeling away from \u200bthe bottom and into the algae-tinted water.<\/div><div>The pool renovation \u200bis part \u2060of Trump&#8217;s sweeping plans to remake the U.S. capital city, which include tearing down the East Wing of the White House to make space for a new \u2060ballroom and \u200bbuilding a massive arch near Arlington National Cemetery where the \u200bU.S. honors the nation&#8217;s war dead and other prominent Americans.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Kanishka Singh\" class=\"wp-image-2548\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/687ee92ffc8701a2cca6a16cf4b4de4c.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Kanishka Singh<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Chad Terhune\" class=\"wp-image-2549\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b9f38b56c724d8fe356de8a200749708.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Chad Terhune<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2546\">US disputes Iranian claims about closing Strait of Hormuz as negotiators head to Switzerland<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2544\">Iron ore industry sees a bright future, but green steel fades<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2542\">Guinea bets bauxite dominance can reshape aluminium supply<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that much of \u200bthe water at the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool \u200cin Washington &#8220;probably&#8221; has to be drained for repairs following what he called &#8220;vandalism&#8221; of the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7,144],"class_list":["post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-united-states","tag-water-management"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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