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Trump's Reflecting Pool makeover meets instant graffiti backlash [1]

['Jason Weisberger']

Date: 2026-05-01  

Convicted felon Donald Trump's ill-considered overhaul of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned into a political flashpoint after an act of vandalism altered the historic site with a message his Department of Justice is treating as a potential threat.

President Donald Trump's plan for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was temporarily derailed after vandals painted a message that the Department of Justice considers a threat. "Around 7:20 a.m. this morning, the U.S. Park Police was notified by the National Park Service of approximately 15-by-30-foot '8647' graffiti spray-painted in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool," a spokesperson for the U.S. Park Police told The Washington Examiner on Friday. RawStory

Because the DOJ is chasing James Comey for a social media message of seashells laid out to say "8647," they will be stuck pursuing this vicious threat and reporting back to Orange Julius. I suspect they'll catch the vandals listening to Lebowski's Creedence tapes.

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