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Trump news at a glance: president’s pool project plagued by peeling paint – and algae blooms
Trump’s claims that ‘vandals’ are to blame don’t hold water so far – key US politics stories from Monday 22 June
Donald Trump is claiming – without providing evidence – that the sorry state of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool weeks after a $14m renovation is the work of “vandals”.
On Monday, Trump was adamant it was not the pool company to blame for the algae blooms and peeling paint, instead pointing to five people arrested for vandalism and five more are under investigation.
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Guardian staff · Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 6:00 PM
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Trump’s claims that ‘vandals’ are to blame don’t hold water so far – key US politics stories from Monday 22 June
Donald Trump is claiming – without providing evidence – that the sorry state of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool weeks after a $14m renovation is the work of “vandals”.
On Monday, Trump was adamant it was not the pool company to blame for the algae blooms and peeling paint, instead pointing to five people arrested for vandalism and five more are under investigation.
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