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The president blamed \u201cdisgraceful Vandalism\u201d for the damage and peeling paint, which emerged after workers spent days treating algae.\n<\/strong><\/p>

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A peeling section of blue coating is seen in the Reflecting Pool on Saturday. (Mark Schiefelbein\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

President Donald Trump said Saturday night that he was likely to drain the Lincoln Memorial\u2019s Reflecting Pool again, as workers contend with paint peeling off its surface and algae blooming in the wake of his $14 million effort to resurface it.<\/p>\n

The president made his announcement, after what he said was a meeting with contractors while he was at Camp David in Maryland for the weekend. It comes 16 days after the government began refilling the pool following a renovation that Trump had said would result in clean water and \u201ccould last for 100 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since pieces of peeling paint started floating to the water\u2019s surface earlier this week, the Interior Department has not responded to questions about the paint and why the pool surface is separating.<\/p>\n

The agency said in a statement Wednesday that it is treating the pool with hydrogen peroxide and \u201chigh-tech nanobubble ozone technology\u201d to limit the spread of algae.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

The president spent the weekend at Camp David with senior advisers, as Iran said it has once again closed the Strait of Hormuz, testing the fragile ceasefire in place with the United States.<\/p>\n

Trump blamed the damage on \u201cdisgraceful Vandalism,\u201d an accusation he also made earlier this week. \u201cMany additional people\u201d were arrested, he said.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Park Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the number of arrests.<\/p>

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The Park Police patrolling the Lincoln Memorial area on Friday afternoon observed an individual peeling paint from the pool, a spokesperson for the department said via email. The person was arrested on charges of destruction of government property.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post later identified the person as three-time Olympian David Hearn. In an interview with The Post<\/a>, Hearn said he reached in the water after he noticed a piece of paint partially detached from the pool bottom. He said he did not damage government property or \u201cvandalize anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Water from a vacuum line used by the National Park Service to clean the Reflecting Pool pours into a nearby drain on Saturday. (Mark Schiefelbein\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Trump also said that vandals \u201ctook some form of knife or blade, and put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade.\u201d He also claimed they poured corrosive and destructive chemicals into the Reflecting Pool. The Post could not immediately verify those allegations.<\/p>\n

Pool experts\u2019 explanations for the damage to the surface diverged from the president\u2019s account. Steve Goodale, a swimming-pool expert<\/a> who viewed footage of the peeled sheet of paint on Thursday, said he believes the pool\u2019s surface may have been improperly prepared for treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there are any deficiencies with the surface prep, the surface can fail just like you see here,\u201d he said via email, \u201csheets and chunks peeling off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another culprit, he added, could be groundwater or pool water seeping underneath the lining.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lining product is extremely tough and durable,\u201d said Goodale. \u201cIt would take a specific failure or deficiency to fail like we\u2019re potentially seeing\u201d in the Reflecting Pool.<\/p>\n

Maintenance of the Reflecting Pool has been a challenge for decades. Trump\u2019s resurfacing effort was part of his initiative to beautify Washington as his administration plans a host of events to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country\u2019s founding. One of the flagship events, the Great American State Fair, is scheduled to open blocks from the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on Thursday.<\/p>

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