Destructive Defacing
2021
2021-01-06 When insurrectionists demolished the capitol some relieved themselves on desks like animals while others brutally attacked law enforcement officers. One officer died of a stroke 7 hours later. Multiple lawsuits were filed for damages and bodily harm, but Trump refunded penalties to the insurrectionists and attempted to build a slush fund in 2026 for them to receive payouts.
https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2022/12/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf
2025 January
2025-01-28 Bill HR792 was introduced to force U.S. park services to carve Trump’s face into the side of Mount Rushmore.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/792
2025 June
2025-06-09 Trump paved over the White House Rose Garden.
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/donald-trump-white-house-rose-garden-paved-constroversy/
2025 July
2025-07-01 Trump dismissed the entire Commission of Fine Arts and appointed replacements aligned with his priorities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Scharf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/us/politics/trump-ballroom-fine-arts-commission.html
2025 August
2025-08-07 JD Vance allegedly pressured the Army Corps of Engineers to release river water for kayaking on his birthday.
https://apnews.com/article/vp-vance-boating-ohio-river-level-raised-de4c773cfffd6cac0b82e96787fea951
2025 October
2025-10-16 Trump proposed building a giant “victory arch” overlooking Arlington Cemetery.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7e8lv176go
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/16/nx-s1-5576506/president-trump-arch-us-250th-anniversary
https://turtledove.fandom.com/wiki/German_Arch_of_Triumph
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/31/trump-arch-washington-dc-america-250-00708590
https://turtledove.fandom.com/wiki/German_Arch_of_Triumph
2025-10-24 Trump demolished the White House East Wing for ballroom construction despite earlier assurances.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/26/politics/white-house-east-wing-history
2025-10-31 Trump repeatedly posted about a marble White House bathroom renovation during a hunger crisis.
https://deadline.com/2025/10/trump-lincoln-bathroom-white-house-1236604245/
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/trump-bathroom-white-house-remodel-shutdown.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/politics/white-house-lincoln-bedroom-bathroom-renovation
2025 November
2025-11-16 Preservation groups sued Trump over plans to repaint the Eisenhower Executive Office.
https://www.archpaper.com/2025/11/lawsuit-repaint-eisenhower-executive-office-building/
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-unveils-vision-eisenhower-executive-office-building-makeover
2025 December
2025-12-24 The White House threatened to bypass DC preservation rules and the General Services Admission to demolish historic federal property. The White House threatened to bypass the preservation staff to demolition the Wilbur J Cohen building and its historic New Deals mural. According to one article, the White House added a long list of government properties to a newly enacted “accelerated disposal” list.
https://www.archpaper.com/2025/12/threat-demolition-escalates-cohen-building/
https://www.wired.com/story/map-for-sale-government-properties-gsa/
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-884907
2026 February
2026-02-02 Trump announced luxurious Kennedy Center renovations while Americans struggled with healthcare costs. Meanwhile, a Gallup survey showed that millions of Americans were skipping meals to pay for their healthcare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi0AWU60RxE&list=WL&index=1&t=69s
https://news.gallup.com/poll/702596/one-third-americans-cut-back-cover-healthcare-expenses.aspx
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-5696489/kennedy-center-renovation-trump-questions
2026-02-25 Trump proposed turning the East Potomac into a golf course.
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/lawsuit-over-east-potomac-golf-course-redevelopment-heads-federal-court
2026 March
2026-03-16 The White House arts commission proposed removing White House columns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/15/white-house-columns-ionic-corinthian/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-appointee-proposes-ripping-white-020500010.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/15/nation/appointee-wants-to-replace-white-house-columns/
https://finance-commerce.com/2026/03/white-house-columns-corinthian-proposal-trump
2026-03-30 Reports revealed Trump’s ballroom project included a military bunker complex.
https://www.wonkette.com/p/judge-rules-bulldozers-down-for-trumps
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/trump-ballroom-military-bunker.html
https://www.aol.com/articles/karoline-leavitt-blasts-nyt-ballroom-132647609.html
2026-03-31 A judge temporarily blocked Trump’s White House ballroom project, writing, “The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner”.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/trump-white-house-ballroom-judge.html
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/trump-white-house-ballroom-lawsuit-order-00852455
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/31/politics/judge-rules-that-white-house-ballroom-contstuction-stop
2026 April
2026-04-18 Courts allowed Trump’s $400M White House ballroom construction to continue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuPBPRiojkM&list=WL&index=3
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/18/trump-administration-white-house-ballroom
2026-04-26 The Trump administration threatened the preservation group National Trust for Historic Preservation to drop lawsuits against the White House ballroom project.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5850391-whca-shooting-trump-ballroom/
https://apnews.com/article/todd-blanche-white-house-ballroom-trump-1d063b208677631cb964c6c8ff64bd96
2026-04-26 Trump claimed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting justified faster ballroom construction.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116471074928310119
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/trump-white-house-ballroom-dinner-shooting
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d8dg57rzdo
2026-04-27 Lindsey Graham pushed for taxpayers to fund Trump’s ballroom despite earlier promises of private financing.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5853917-trump-ballroom-funding-controversy/
2026 May
2026-05-05 The White House dumped 37,000 cubic yards of East Wing debris on a municipal golf course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3994nVhHSo
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/white-house-east-wing-debris-dumped-nearby-golf-132681876
https://apnews.com/article/trump-east-wing-debris-golf-course-a78abeefed782423d70bd03a44d0b740
2026-05-06 Republicans proposed spending $1B in taxpayer funds on ballroom “security features.”
https://www.today.com/video/gop-bill-would-fund-1b-in-taxpayer-money-for-trump-ballroom-262830149683
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/republicans-immigration-bill-trump-ballroom.html
2026-05-11 Trump’s reflection pool project was estimated to cost $13.1M.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5872939-reflecting-pool-renovation-cost-increase/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c202nj46p7wo
2026-05-12 Trump ordered contractors to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool swimming-pool blue.
https://people.com/trump-administration-sued-for-painting-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-11972841
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cp8pmgmpgj3o
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-blue-paint-lawsuit
https://thehill.com/homenews/5874959-reflecting-pool-trump-contractor/
2026-05-12 Trump posted AI-generated sewage memes attacking Democrats. Trump posted, “Dumacrats love sewage”.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ai-image-biden-obama-pelosi-feces_n_6a0366ade4b0cdaf88db3566
2026-05-15 Trump announced a sculpture garden project in D.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOpAygWWmPc&list=WL&index=3&t=28s
2026-05-30 A judge ordered Trump to remove his name from the Kennedy Center, saying, “congress named the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for President John F. Kennedy by federal statute…and the Center may not be officially named for anyone else except by an Act of Congress”. Trump reacted in a social media post, “Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this Institution back, physically, financially, and artistically, I have no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey into “NEVER NEVER LAND.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jXQdgyO2fI&list=WL&index=3
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-orders-removal-trumps-name-kennedy-center-2026-05-29/
2026 June
2026-06-12 A judge ordered Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-kennedy-center-name-removed-cover-up
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/double-rainbow-kennedy-center-trump/
2026-06-16 After Trump had it painted blue, the Reflecting Pool turned green.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-1235f9417697bb2e1f56e14e4d2214de
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/reflecting-pool-green-algae-trump-rcna350278
2026-06-21 Trump blamed the Reflecting Pool algae bloom on vandals and ordered officials to make arrests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiwulcaoL8&list=WL&index=4
2026-06-22 Trump’s UFC stunt destroyed the White House front lawn. Taxpayer cost to repair: pending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8d5qX_az7Y&list=WL&index=2
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/viral-photo-of-lawn-after-trumps-ufc-event
2026-06-23 Trump’s botched reflection pool project is estimated to cost taxpayers $16M.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/politics/lincoln-reflecting-pool-algae
https://abcnews.com/US/reflecting-pool-renovations-cost-16-million/story?id=134024265
2026 July
2026-07-08 The DOJ prosecuted several more people for the Reflecting Pool without evidence that they caused any damage, including three-time US Olympic canoeist David Hearn who was charged with a felony for property destruction after he reached into the water to touch a piece of loose, peeling sealant.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/08/politics/three-people-charged-damaging-reflecting-pool
2026-07-09 The White House is quietly remodeling or changing the columns behind tarps. No information at this time how much that will cost taxpayers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSQAxh2nUQE&list=WL&index=1
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/donald-trump-covers-white-house-203236148.html
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-white-house-columns-appear-to-be-trumps-latest-project
2026-07-10 Trump again drained the Reflecting Pool to try again. No information at this time how much that will cost taxpayers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/washington-reflecting-pool-trump