Trump Says Park Police Arrested Multiple People for Vandalizing Newly Renovated DC Reflecting Pool

The freshly installed blue liner in the pool has begun to peel, and National Park Service workers have been dealing with a recent algae bloom at the monument.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after it was repaired and repainted in Washington on June 16, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

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.”