The NYTimes should be, but won't be, deeply ashamed of using Trump's framing for this article.
The only person who vandalized the Reflecting Pool is Trump.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/us/politics/trump-reflecting-pool-drained.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Trump Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be Drained

The pool has taken on clouds of algae after a hasty renovation. A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after he says he touched one of the strands of blue paint peeling off the pool’s bottom.

The New York Times
@petergleick Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Miller, and Vought should start a band, "Flock of Albatrosses."
@petergleick the reflecting pool debacle is the latest installment of actual waste, fraud, and abuse.