At Trump's urging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool was altered to a blue-bottom earlier this month and soon experienced algae blooms and coating failures. Trump posted repeated accusations of deliberate vandalism on June 19 but provided no eviden

2026-06-22

At Trump's urging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool was altered to a blue-bottom earlier this month and soon experienced algae blooms and coating failures. Trump posted repeated accusations of deliberate vandalism on June 19 but provided no evidence. The Washington Post reported on June 21 that law enforcement arrested several people on suspicion of damaging the pool, including former U.S. Olympic canoeist and world champion David Hearn.