Arrests Made As White House Insists “Vandals” Are To Blame For Reflecting Pool Woes
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🗓️ 21 June 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In a bizarre turn of events, President Trump announced that Park Police have arrested “multiple individuals” for vandalizing the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. Among them, a three-time Olympian who says he stopped at the site just to have a look. Trump even named ABC veteran reporter Jonathan Karl of trying to rip the rubber off of the surface of the pool, saying he was caught with his hand in the water, Huh? Trump also claims vandals used a blade to gash the facade and poured chemicals in the pool to destroy the color.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:14.7 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:15.7 | It is Sunday, June 21st. |
| 0:18.2 | Yes, Father's Day. |
| 0:19.4 | And on this Father's Day, our long national nightmare is just beginning. |
| 0:26.4 | Can you believe the reflecting pool in D.C. |
| 0:31.0 | Is now the biggest story going in the country. |
| 0:33.8 | With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:36.1 | A little, being a little silly there |
| 0:38.2 | in what I'm saying. But Robs, it is being talked about. It seems like more than the damn war. |
| 0:41.5 | I feel like this is maybe even a father's gift to you personally. Because you have had a blast |
| 0:47.8 | laughing about this story because it keeps getting stranger and weirder. And yes, at a certain |
| 0:53.7 | point, laughable. |
| 0:55.3 | I mean, it's not funny, but you kind of have to laugh because it's so insane. |
| 1:00.0 | It's insane that a pool that the president bragged about fixing gets fixed. |
| 1:06.4 | Days later, it's coming back with the exact same problems, some of them even worse. |
| 1:11.0 | And now the president is blaming vandals, leftists, and Olympians for causing the problem. |
| 1:18.8 | And reporters. |
| 1:20.4 | This story is amazing, Robes. |
| 1:22.7 | It's amazing. |
| 1:23.9 | You know what's also bizarre, like when you're describing, and this is a crime story, |
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