President Trump announced on Truth Social that the grass near the Reflecting Pool has been vandalized with “a gigantic 86 47.”
“Of 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!” he wrote. “It 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 – Which will be fully enforced!” he noted. “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Fox News’s “The Sunday Briefing” that those seeking to vandalize the Reflecting Pool “will face the criminal justice system in D.C.”
“Look, the president has made it a priority to make D.C. not only safe, but beautiful,” she said.
The latest details follow Trump addressing instances of vandalism over the weekend. “Many additional people have been arrested having to do with the disgraceful Vandalism of our beautiful Reflecting Pool. It hasn’t looked or worked like this since 1922, when it was originally built, but even then, it leaked badly, and didn’t work,” he wrote.
Upon meeting with contractors, the Trump administration concluded that it 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.”
“What they have damaged does not even include the earlier killing of a large amount of grass which was, by far, the least of it. They took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete,” he explained. “They also poured corrosive and destructive chemicals into the Pool.”
