{"id":2616643,"date":"2026-06-20T11:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revamped-reflecting-pool-damaged-by-radical-left-lunatics-trump-says\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:48:07","slug":"revamped-reflecting-pool-damaged-by-radical-left-lunatics-trump-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revamped-reflecting-pool-damaged-by-radical-left-lunatics-trump-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Revamped Reflecting Pool Damaged by &#8216;Radical Left Lunatics,&#8217; Trump Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frevamped-reflecting-pool-damaged-by-radical-left-lunatics-trump-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2616643&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump addressed recent issues with the Reflecting Pool renovation, blaming vandalism for problems such as peeling paint and damage to the pool&#8217;s surface.He compared these acts to prior vandalism involving chemicals used on the National Mall grass, which included the disturbing appearance of the numbers &#8220;86&#8221; and &#8220;47&#8221; burned into the grass-often interpreted as code related to eliminating Trump. Trump claimed law enforcement is investigating the vandalism and suggested that external <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-bidens-un-pick-praised-welcomed-china\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz: Biden\u2019s UN pick praised &amp; welcomed China\">malicious actions<\/a>, possibly by political opponents, are at play. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mentioned ongoing efforts<\/a> to address algae growth in the pool, which is a longstanding issue, and expressed frustration with what he called &#8220;Radical Left Lunatics.&#8221; Throughout, Trump implied that these acts of vandalism and the pool&#8217;s maintenance challenges are emblematic of broader political hostility.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump late Friday blamed vandalism for the latest problem with his Reflecting Pool renovation project.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on the  platform, Trump likened reports of paint peeling in the pool to the plot discovered last week that involved poisoning grass on the National Mall to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/photographer-catches-hidden-plot-desecrate-national-mall-massive-threat-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create a message<\/a> of Trump\u2019s demise.<\/p>\n<p>He declared that \u201cLaw Enforcement is actively investigating this situation, and will hopefully have it resolved soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump blames the green <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-faces-backlash-after-posting-twerk-video-celebrating-mlk\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Faces Backlash After ...ing Twerk Video Celebrating MLK\">reflecting pool<\/a> on vandals with chemicals:<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had some real problems with Vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool, which sits between The Washington Monument and The Lincoln Memorial. Just like three days ago, they destroyed the grass outside of the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cw04RsFUn9\">pic.twitter.com\/cw04RsFUn9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2068152500549738961?\">June 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump offered no evidence that malicious actions was involved in the case of the reportedly peeling paint, but made it clear that in the context of the grass graffiti on the National Mall, Reflecting Pool vandalism was a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust like three days ago, they destroyed the grass outside of the Pool, they\u2019ve also done everything possible to hurt the inside surface that was just installed,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo different than the chemicals that were used on the National Mall, they used something similar in the Reflecting Pool to try to destroy and demean our beautiful work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the National Mall, the numbers \u201c86\u201d and \u201c47\u201d appeared to have been in the process of being chemically burned into the grass in a manner that could be seen from a great height. The term \u201c86 47\u201d is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/truly-pathetic-video-comey-literally-blames-wife-86-47-picture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widely viewed as code<\/a> for eliminating Trump. (It\u2019s a phrase the Secret Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/celebrity-leftist-doubles-comeys-86-47-post-gets-secret-service-wake-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">does not regard fondly<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It now appears that the marking are in the shape of 8647. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YjxFfvABWo\">https:\/\/t.co\/YjxFfvABWo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ScvE8MuXAJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/ScvE8MuXAJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Leyden (@PenguinSix) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PenguinSix\/status\/2065111460703863286?\">June 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that Jonathan Karl, ABC News\u2019 chief Washington correspondent, had been \u201cseen sticking his hand into the Pool, and trying to rip the rubber off of the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was likely a reference to a report <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ABC\/status\/2067714311275885003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karl did Thursday<\/a> in which he reached into the water and pulled what he intimated was a sheet of paint that had floated from the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Paint isn\u2019t the only problem with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hails-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-work-as-complete\/\" title=\"Trump hails Lincoln Memorial ... work as &#039;complete&#039;\">reflecting pool renovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The largely stagnant water is also a host to algae \u2014 a problem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/next-time-tdser-mocks-algae-new-mall-reflecting-pool-remind-obamas-gross-version-looked-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that long predates<\/a> the Trump presidency and the Reflecting Pool renovation he launched to clean up the pool for the country\u2019s 250th birthday celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s  post alluded to that as well, predicting that was a problem which is on its way to being resolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe algae is 75% gone, and the condition will soon be completely remedied, and the area that was vandalized, fortunately, is just a small area of damage, and will be fixed early next week,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>But those are by no means the most pressing problems the country faces, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that the Radical Left Lunatics, most likely Dumocats, who have spent their lives trying to ruin our Country, are free to do so,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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