As arrests for vandalism of Trump’s Reflecting Pool project raise fresh questions, TNR editor Michael Tomasky explains how this saga captures the unhinged, dictatorial nature of his presidency.

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

The president on Friday night without evidence blamed vandals with chemicals for the extensive problems at the newly reopened Reflecting Pool.

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