7 nabbed after “8647” anti-Trump graffiti, deliberate slashing stuns the National Mall | 28 June 2026 | Interior Secretary Doug Burgum vowed “full” prosecution Saturday for vandals who allegedly slashed a 350-foot long gash into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and defaced the area with a slew of anti-Trump graffiti. “When people are attacking it [the Reflecting Pool], it is like an attack on our country,” Burgum said. “These are our most sacred monuments, and they [the perpetrators] are gonna be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.” Burgum discussed the damage and the Trump administration’s response to it during a Fox & Friends Weekend appearance, revealing that authorities have made seven arrests, issued multiple citations and filed 18 police reports in connection with the vandalism. According to Burgum, the damage extended roughly 350 feet along the pool’s industrial rubber liner, which he said investigators believe was cut with a box cutter. Images show some of the anti-Trump markings the vandals left behind, including “8647,” interpreted by many as a call to violence or a call to remove the president.