{"id":1324,"date":"2026-06-21T12:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:10:25","slug":"trump-claiming-vandalism-says-reflecting-pool-will-be-drained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1324","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Claiming Vandalism, Says Reflecting Pool Will Be Drained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump said on Saturday that \u201cmultiple individuals\u201d had been arrested for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and that problems with a more than $14 million renovation project had become so severe that the pool would have to be at least partly drained for \u201cnecessary repairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1322\">150 years, 2 world wars, 32 mayors, and 28 presidents later, a store still thrives in a bankrupt city<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The president\u2019s announcement late Saturday, made on social media, was his starkest acknowledgment of the pool\u2019s rapid deterioration in recent days. The water this week became covered by clouds of blooming algae, which were obscuring a floor that had just been painted a shade that Trump has called \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d The paint then began to peel off, making it a tourist destination for unusual reasons.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Among those accused of vandalism was David Carter Hearn, 67, a cyclist and three-time Olympian as a canoeist who says he stopped at the site Friday just to have a look, then reached down to touch a strip of peeling blue paint mixed with the algae.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Park Police arrested Hearn shortly after, accusing him of destroying government property, a crime that can carry up to a 10-year prison sentence. Hearn denies the charge.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was just a curious, concerned citizen,\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cI guess I was there at the wrong place, wrong time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The administration has not released the names of others accused of vandalizing the pool, a crime that Trump said Saturday could lead to \u201cyears in jail.\u201d In a later post, he said without evidence that vandals had \u201cpoured corrosive and destructive chemicals into the Pool.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The project, one of many Trump is undertaking around the capital as the United States nears its 250th birthday, has faced intense scrutiny, including from engineers and other experts who warned that the hastily undertaken project was unlikely to undo the problems that have plagued the pool for decades. A construction company tied to Trump was awarded a no-bid contract and painted the bottom of the pool.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Trump said Saturday that he had met with contractors earlier in the day to discuss the state of the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1320\">Tears for Fears, rotary phones, flares: Philly\u2019s Bicentennial babies are turning 50 as America turns 250<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Interior Department said this week that agency workers had \u201ckilled the algae\u201d that had expanded with heat and humidity. But on Friday afternoon, the water was stained by clumps of algae where National Park Service staff members had scrubbed away bright green blooms along the bottom of the basin. The pool\u2019s new coating was also missing large sections, including a gap roughly the size of a park bench. Underneath appeared to be the original concrete basin.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hearn, of Bethesda, Maryland, said that he was on a 50-mile bike ride before stopping at the pool, and that Park Police officers detained him for more than four hours Friday at a facility south of the National Mall without allowing a phone call. They also did not say more about why he had been arrested, he added. The White House and Park Police did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Late Friday, Trump claimed on social media that the \u201cinside surface that was just installed\u201d had been damaged by vandals.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hearn said that he had \u201creached into the water to feel the characteristics\u201d of a dislodged paint piece \u201cstill attached to the bottom.\u201d He compared his actions to those of Jonathan Karl, an ABC News reporter who lifted a detached piece of paint at the pool Thursday in a video the news organization published.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t remove anything,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cI was bending and feeling this 2-millimeter-thick, rubbery flap.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Until his retirement 18 months ago, Hearn ran a company selling special materials for building canoes. That, he said, made him particularly interested in the materials contractors had used before the paint at the base of the pool began peeling.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hearn said that he had already received offers of pro bono representation following his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1318\">The gems that make us Philly | Morning Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m getting a lot of support from my community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>This article originally appeared in <\/i><i>The New York Times<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president\u2019s announcement late Saturday, made on social media, was his starkest acknowledgment of the pool\u2019s rapid deterioration in recent days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation-world","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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