特朗普总统表示，林肯纪念堂反射池已安装安防摄像头，并警告可能的未来破坏者将面临牢狱之灾。“这将有所不同，但任何试图证明相反观点的破坏者都将入狱！我们正密切关注，安防摄像头已安装。
President Trump said security cameras have been installed at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and warned possible future vandals that they would face jail time. “This will be different, but any Vandals that try to prove the point otherwise, will GO TO JAIL! We are watching very closely, and security cameras have been installed. Reports are that it’s looking beautiful, and will only get better, subject to NO VANDALISM, with time,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday.
有报道称其外观美观，且将随时间推移变得更好，前提是不发生破坏行为，”特朗普周一在Truth Social平台发文称。反射池的状况已成为数月来的争议焦点。
The condition of the pool has been a controversy for a number of months. The president on numerous occasions boasted about the multimillion-dollar renovation project on the pool as it was occurring, but it was gray and peeling following its completion.
特朗普多次在翻修过程中夸耀该耗资数百万美元的翻修项目，但竣工后池面呈灰色并出现剥落。八月下旬，特朗普称反射池的改善工作“几乎已完全修复”。
In late August, Trump said improvements to the Reflecting Pool were “almost completely fixed.”Trump previously claimed that pieces of “American flag blue” coating and algae blooms spotted in the pool were the result of the work of vandals.
特朗普此前曾声称，池中出现的“美国国旗蓝”涂层碎片和藻华是破坏者所致。但周一，特朗普提出了新解释：反射池自建成以来一直状况不佳。
But on Monday, the president suggested a new explanation: the pool has always been in poor condition. “Interestingly, the Reflecting Pool has not worked properly since it was built in 1922 — It always leaked!”
“有趣的是，反射池自1922年建成以来一直无法正常运作——它一直在漏水！”特朗普在周一的帖子中表示。
Trump said in his Monday post.
包括奥运会划船运动员大卫·赫恩在内的多人因涉嫌破坏反射池被司法部（DOJ）起诉。司法部指控赫恩用双手损坏了池子。
Multiple people, including an Olympian canoeist named David Hearn, were charged in connection with damage to the pool by the Justice Department (DOJ). The department accused Hearn of damaging his pool with his bare hands.
然而，指控随后被撤销，美国检察官珍妮恩·皮罗表示，池子出现的问题是翻修过程出错所致。特朗普随后批评皮罗撤销指控，称她“胆怯”。但他也承认翻修过程中存在“某些承包商错误”。
However, the charges were dropped and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the issues the pool faced were the result of renovations gone wrong. The president went after Pirro for dropping the charges, saying she “choked.”However, he also said that there was “some contractor error” in the renovations.