[ June 21, 2026 ]
Vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
President Trump has claimed that United States Park Police have made several arrests in connection with what he described as deliberate sabotage of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C., which underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation earlier this year.
“The United States Park Police have arrested multiple individuals for vandalizing our Nations magnificent Reflecting Pool,” Trump wrote on Truth Social late Saturday evening. “These are very serious crimes having to do with the destruction of National Monuments. Years in jail! Work will begin immediately on its repair.”
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🚨President Trump says the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool needs to be drained and repaired after leftist protesters turned it into their personal trash can.
These entitled radical POS have zero respect for ANYTHING…not history, not monuments, not basic human decency.… pic.twitter.com/DVVhLu9vri
— Bethany O’Leary 🇺🇸 🦅 (@BethanyForTruth) June 21, 2026
In a second post on Saturday, Trump described the alleged damage in greater detail, saying more arrests had followed. He provided no evidence for any of his claims about the nature of the damage, and neither the Park Police nor any other law enforcement agency had publicly confirmed any arrests as of the time of publication.
On Friday, Maryland resident and former Olympian David Hearn was arrested and charged with destroying government property.
Trump said that the pool would be drained and repaired quickly, and framed the alleged vandalism as an affront to American history. “We met with contractors today, will probably be forced to release and drain much of the water in order to do the necessary repairs,” he wrote. “What these terrible Vandals have done is a true affront to both Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and should be dealt with accordingly”.
‘A 250-foot long gash’
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Trump described what he said was physical destruction to the pool’s newly renovated lining. “They took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete,” he wrote Saturday. “They also poured corrosive and destructive chemicals into the Pool.”
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump confirms the US Park Police have arrested MULTIPLE reflecting pool vandals, and that they’re facing YEARS in federal prison
GOOD! Lock them all up and SHOW NO MERCY!
“Who would do such a thing? These are very serious crimes having to do with the… pic.twitter.com/Me63FWGwUy
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 20, 2026
These people need to be slapped with MAJOR federal charges
Police believe he was ripping pieces of the blue sealant off the bottom, further damaging the poo
🚨 A man was reportedly arrested after being caught cutting into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and pulling up large pieces of the blue coating.
Taking tools to a national monument and ripping pieces out to make a statement isn't activism—it's vandalism.
The Lincoln… pic.twitter.com/rl5wYIFdbR
— 🎹 Ames™ 🎹 (@Real_Ames) June 20, 2026
BREAKING: American Olympic Canoeist Arrested for Allegedly Vandalizing Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Three-time U.S. Olympian David Hearn (67), who competed in canoe slalom in 1992, 1996, and 2000, was arrested Friday by U.S. Park Police. pic.twitter.com/vuNHTa5CQU
— TaraBull (@TaraBull) June 20, 2026
🚨 JUST NOW: Police have detained yet ANOTHER leftist goon for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool
These people need to be slapped with MAJOR federal charges
Police believe he was ripping pieces of the blue sealant off the bottom, further damaging the…
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 20, 2026
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Former Olympian arrested in connection with Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism
Fox News correspondent Kevin Corke provides the latest on the suspects linked to the vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Happening RIGHT NOW – DC police have started making FELONY ARRESTS after green-haired liberals entered into the reflecting pool and began dumping loads of LIVE ALGAE into it.
They're also intentionally PEELING PAINT from the pool as Antifa anarchists cause chaos on dirt bikes in… pic.twitter.com/SnGs6PWjTj
— Blue Lives Matter (@bluelivesmtr) June 20, 2026
‘Fox & Friends’ reports on the vandalism of the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C., resulting in multiple arrests, including a former U.S. Olympian. Kevin Corke delivers a live report from the White House, detailing the damage and ongoing cleanup efforts. President Donald Trump issued a statement on Truth Social condemning the ‘disgraceful vandalism’ and the use of corrosive chemicals in the pool.
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