President Donald Trump says six people have been arrested for damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which Trump recently ordered to be painted what he calls “American Flag Blue.”

Trump said much of the algae-tinted water for the US$14 million renovation project will ‘probably’ be drained for repairs.

President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.

Trump said the reflecting pool is the only one among several areas renovated by his administration that has been vandalized.

The security presence comes as work crews began draining the Reflecting Pool to repair what Trump called damage from vandalism.