Column by Philip Kennicott: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was meant to amplify the ideals of our democracy. It’s now a police zone, where arrests are motivated by the president’s need to blame his own mismanagement on an imaginary enemy.

Column | At the Reflecting Pool, Trump turns a serene oasis into a police zone The botched renovation and images of arrests strike at the heart of the president’s supposed reputation for competence.

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