I've got a refinement of the Reflecting Pool scandal theory: it was all done intentionally - the inflated no-bid contract , the destruction of the former filtration system, and now the false accusations of vandalism ... Trump ruined the Pool because he wants an excuse to keep the heavy-handed cracking down on public use of the Mall area, for July 4th, and the screw-up with the Pool gives him another excuse to exercise his favorite anti-"antifa" authoritarian action: repressive policing.