The Interior Department called the latest incident at the National Mall “deranged vandalism,” adding that “any threat against the President is taken very seriously” and that U.S. Park Police will investigate “and hold those responsible accountable.”
In statements to the media, a spokesperson for the U.S. Park Police said they haven’t determined cause of the “discoloration,” adding that a probe is underway and grass samples have been collected for testing.
White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said in a separate statement to the media Thursday that “anyone who engages in or endorses political violence or assassination culture must be condemned in the harshest terms possible” and that “they should also immediately seek psychiatric help to treat their severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has warped their brains and made them sick in the head.”
The National Mall has been the site of previous demonstrations against Trump. Last year, a statue of the President holding hands with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appeared. During the most recent “No Kings” protests in March, demonstrators marched from Arlington, Va., to the National Mall to denounce the President.