President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington may need to have most of its water emptied so that repair work can be carried out.
Trump took to social media to address the situation, saying that numerous arrests had been made in connection with what he characterized as disgraceful vandalism of the landmark site.
“Many additional people have been arrested having to do with the disgraceful Vandalism of our beautiful Reflecting Pool,” Trump wrote.
He added that a meeting with contractors had already taken place and that draining the pool appeared to be the likely next step. “We met with contractors today, will probably be forced to release and drain much of the water in order to do the necessary repairs, but will have them done as quickly as possible,” Trump stated.
