President has been blaming everything from vandals with chemicals to purposeful cutting for what he now calls a 300-foot ‘slit’ in the spray-painted surface coating done by no-bid contractors

The president also insisted that just a "small area" of the pool has been affected despite images showing otherwise.

President Donald Trump on Friday claimed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was intentionally vandalized and said law enforcement is actively investigating, as the…

‘They've also done everything possible to hurt the inside surface that was just installed.’

Trump addresses problems at renovated Reflecting Pool.