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Monday, August 17, 2026

President Donald Trump says vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial -- in the spot where he had a stage built and hosted crowds for his July 4 celebration. Trump made the accusation in a social media post on Sunday without saying why he believes it's the work of vandals instead of trampled turf from the Independence Day festivities. The Republican president posted a photo showing a once-grassy area by the World War II Memorial, now patchy and brown across much of the sprawling turf.

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... "Look what VANDALS did to the grass connecting the vandalized World War II Monument and the vandalized Reflecting Pool, which will be opened again, and better than ever, shortly," Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

"Anybody who thinks the Reflecting Pool wasn't vandalized should go back to Law School!" he added.

Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for damage to his renovation projects in the nation's capital, often without evidence and sometimes despite opposing accounts from his officials.

Trump lashed out at U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro this month after her office concluded that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of poor construction and not the work of vandals, as Trump claimed. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-17 01:26 PM | Reply

@#1 ... Look what VANDALS did to the grass ... Anybody who thinks the Reflecting Pool wasn't vandalized should go back to Law School! ...

I agree, those two areas were vandalized.

The grass area, the rally that Pres Trump held there trampled and killed the grass.

Pres Trump's motorcade driving over the Reflecting Pool.

Why is Pres Trump trying to blame others (without evidence) for the damage he likely caused?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-17 01:34 PM | Reply

That's how he Rolls

#3 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-08-17 02:25 PM | Reply

Vandals identified: Independence Day festivities.

Will be wild!

#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-17 02:35 PM | Reply

Vandals and Huns and Visigoths ...
Oh, my!

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-17 02:44 PM | Reply

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