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1. Politics
2. Policy

Trump Administration Steps Up Law Enforcement Presence at Reflecting Pool

President alleges vandals damaged the pool, but administration has provided little evidence to support the claim

By

Lydia Wheeler

and

Philip Wegmann

June 22, 2026 7:30 pmET

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!Workers removing algae from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with the Washington Monument in the background.

*Workers remove algae from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool over the weekend.

Matt Kaminsky/ZUMA Press*

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration stepped up the law-enforcement presence Monday at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the White House made new claims that vandalism was the chief cause of problems at the renovated site.

President Trump said he had photographic proof of someone cutting a 350-foot gash into the pool’s bottom coating, but he and others in the administration have provided few details to support the claims and no gash that large was visible earlier in the day.

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