The US president has repeatedly blamed, without evidence, unidentified vandals for problems plaguing his US$16 million renovation project.

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

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…

The president remained adamant that problems with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool post-renovation were due to vandals.