President Trump has blamed vandals for problems at the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying six people had been arrested and claiming, without publicly released supporting evidence, that a long cut damaged the pool lining. The $14-million-plus rehabilitation project included repainting the century-old pool in a color Trump called “American flag blue” ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations, but after water returned, algae bloomed and sections of the new ...

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