{"id":230,"date":"2026-06-22T15:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=230"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:20:21","slug":"trump-is-melting-down-and-threatening-jail-time-over-reflecting-pool-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=230","title":{"rendered":"Trump Is Melting Down and Threatening Jail Time Over Reflecting Pool Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nDonald Trump has once again threatened to prosecute the supposed \u201cvandals\u201d he\u2019s claiming have turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool into an algae-infested mess, with the paint job the government spent millions in taxpayer money to apply already peeling off.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=228\">The Democratic Party Has Never Been Weaker. This May Be a Good Thing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe shoddy, rushed \u201crenovation\u201d carried out through an overpriced no-bid contract is not the problem, nor are the pool\u2019s longstanding filtration issues that experts warned a layer of epoxy would not fix. No, the president has decided that his humiliation lays at the feet of unnamed, invisible operatives sabotaging his latest vanity project.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cOf the MANY Statues and Fountains that we rebuilt, renovated, cleaned, and fixed, the only one that was Vandalized was the Reflecting Pool, which is being taken care of, ASAP!\u201d Trump wrote Monday morning on Truth Social.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt has been given a 300 foot long gash, chemicals have been illegally placed in the water, and the beautiful new grass field has been destroyed with a gigantic 86 47 chemically carved into it (Probably inspired by Dirty Cop, James Comey!). Please remember that there is a 10 year prison sentence for the destruction, or even the attempted destruction, of such things \u2014 Which will be fully enforced,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tThe president has been insisting for days now that the issues with the pool are the result of a left-wing conspiracy to humiliate him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Saturday, he wrote that the pool had \u201cworked perfectly\u201d once it was refilled, \u201cincluding the mirror like finish, perfectly reflecting the two Great Monuments, which it never had before!\u201d (The Reflecting Pool had, in fact, reflected the monuments for decades.) \u201c\u200b\u200bWhat these terrible Vandals have done is a true affront to both Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTrump claimed that along with cutting a supposed gash into the lining, the vandals had poured \u201ccorrosive chemicals\u201d into the water. The Reflecting Pool holds approximately 6.5 million gallons of water, and the only individuals seen dumping chemicals into where those hired to supposedly kill off the algae bloom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=226\">\u2018Luigi: The Musical\u2019 Uses Political Satire to Critique Society\u2019s Obsession With Celebrities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWork will begin immediately on fixing the seriously vandalized Reflecting Pool. I just inspected it, and could only say to myself, and those gathered around me, WOW, who would do such a thing,\u201d Trump wrote on Sunday. \u201cSICK, DERANGED PEOPLE! We will fix it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTo emphasize the seriousness of his war against algae, the National Guard and a hodgepodge of local and out-of-state law enforcement agencies have been deployed to the Reflecting Pool to arrest anyone who so much as touches the fetid water. Over the weekend, a former Olympic canoeist was arrested and charged with \u201cvandalism\u201d after reportedly touching a strip of the epoxy resin that is sloughing off of the bottom of the pool.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAccording to CBS News, at least five people have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. It\u2019s notable that despite an abundance of security cameras and law enforcement regularly stationed around the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool, the administration has yet to produce any actual evidence of a real act of vandalism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe notion that a supposed saboteur was able to wade into the Reflecting Pool and cut a 300-foot gash (which Trump previously claimed was a 250-foot gash) into the epoxy without being seen by anyone is also improbable. The more likely explanation lies in the application of the sealant, or in the administration\u2019s application of chemicals to the water in order to kill the massive algae bloom possibly weakening the bond between the plastic and the concrete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Trump administration has a history of leveling bogus charges against a few choice individuals in order to make a point and silence criticism. During the National Guard\u2019s initial takeover of Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2025, the administration attempted to indict several individuals \u2014 including a man who threw a hoagie at a guardsman \u2014 on charges of felony assault only to be scuttled by local grand juries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt seems that a similar tactic is being implemented here. \u201cAnyone who is in a position of vandalizing or attempting to vandalize the Reflecting Pool will face the criminal justice system in D.C.,\u201d Janine Pirro, a former Fox News host and current U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia,\u201d told Fox News over the weekend. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to go after every crime. 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