US President Donald Trump said on Saturday (local time) that several people had been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He claimed vandals severely damaged the recently renovated pool, with a 250-foot-long gash left in the newly installed liner and corrosive chemicals poured into the water. “Many others have been arrested for the disgraceful vandalism of our beautiful Reflecting Pool. It has never looked or worked the way it has since it was originally built in 1922, but even then it leaked badly and was inoperable. Our work was done to perfection, including a mirror-like finish that perfectly reflects two great monuments and has never been done before!” he said in a post on Truth Social.Describing the incident, he said: “They used some form of knife or razor blade to create a 250-foot-long gash in the beautiful facade of a building that took a tremendous amount of work, ability and money to build and complete. They also dump corrosive and damaging chemicals into the pool. The Reflecting Pool has never been more beautiful than it was just a week ago, even dating back to its opening in 1922. “ Trump, who has criticized previous administrations for allowing the reflecting pool to deteriorate into an algae-covered green, said he would renovate it with an “American Flag Blue” lining to improve its appearance and enhance the Washington Monument’s reflections. However, shortly after the renovated pool was unveiled, the water once again looked green due to algae growth. While workers used chemical treatments to fix the problem, the newly painted blue lining on the bottom of the pool reportedly began to peel. Olympic cyclist David Hearn was arrested by U.S. Park Police on Friday on misdemeanor charges of damaging government property following an incident at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, The Washington Post reported. Hearn reportedly stopped at the memorial after completing a 52-mile bike ride around Haines Point and noticed that part of the pool’s recently installed “American flag blue” liner was loose from the bottom.Hearn told authorities he reached into the water to examine the material that had come off. He was detained shortly after preparing to leave the area and is scheduled to appear in Washington, D.C. Superior Court on July 9, the Washington Post reported. Days earlier, Trump claimed vandals had damaged parts of the recently renovated reflecting pool and nearby area.
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