{"id":4887,"date":"2026-08-17T17:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2026-08-17T17:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:09:05","slug":"trump-accidentally-implicated-himself-with-new-tantrum-over-dc-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4887","title":{"rendered":"Trump accidentally &#8216;implicated himself&#8217; with new tantrum over DC vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump has launched into a new tantrum over what he claims is more vandalism in Washington D.C., but according to The New Republic, he might have accidentally &#8220;implicated himself&#8221; in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4885\">McConnell\u2019s ghost to haunt GOP: He \u2018rigged the system to protect his power\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After his attempt to blame the Reflecting Pool remodel fiasco on supposed left-wing vandalism crashed and burned, Trump has a new accusation. Taking to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump shared a photo of a large patch of dead grass on the National Mall, again claiming that vandals were to blame.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,\u201d Trump&#8217;s post read. \u201cAnybody who thinks the Reflecting Pool wasn\u2019t vandalized should go back to Law School!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite these new claims, The New Republic pointed out in a Monday report that the affected area was the same part of the National Mall where Trump had a massive stage built for the &#8220;Great American State Fair&#8221; celebration that coincided with the 250th anniversary celebrations last month. In effect, the outlet argued, Trump appears to have highlighted a problem that was more than likely caused by his own gaudy July 4th bash.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4883\">Trump in \u2018full-on scramble\u2019 to stop nightmare \u2018straight out of horror movie\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s post also made reference to a World War II monument that he claimed was vandalized last week, after it was found covered in red and green paint, as well as &#8220;soapy bubbles.&#8221; The New Republic noted that &#8220;U.S. Attorney Jeannine Pirro said felony charges are being brought against Melissa L. Farris&#8221; in connection with this alleged vandalism, &#8220;but the charging documents made no mention of the patch of dead grass on the lawn.&#8221; Pirro previously drew Trump&#8217;s outrage after dismissing the criminal charges related to the Reflecting Pool, with her office admitting in court that the issues stemmed from the hasty remodeling project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regardless of Trump\u2019s apparent outrage, the president has demonstrated that he couldn\u2019t care less about protecting national landmarks \u2014 he\u2019s the one destroying them,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;The president who cried vandalism has been behind a lot of the destruction at the National Mall. The Department of Justice concluded that Trump and his hand-picked contractors were responsible for the damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that left the monument drained and surrounded by chain-link fences. Trump\u2019s federal contractors were also also responsible for cracking the fountain at the German-American Friendship Garden. Not to mention that across the country Trump is actively bulldozing Big Bend National Park in order to build his border wall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4881\">\u2018Question his sanity\u2019: Trump has a conservative doctor \u2018seriously\u2019 worried<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has launched into a new rant over what he claims is more vandalism in Washington D.C., but according to The New Republic, he might have accidentally &#8220;implicated himself&#8221; in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump accidentally &#039;implicated himself&#039; 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