India, Aug. 15 -- The World War II Memorial on the National Mall has been vandalised, with bubbles filling a fountain and "Clean hands dirty $" written in red paint.

The vandalism comes weeks after President Donald Trump said the nearby Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was deliberately damaged. He called the people responsible "animals."

"Our beautiful World War II Memorial was just hit by Spray Painting Vandals," he said on Friday on his Truth Social site. "THERE CAN BE NO GREATER INSULT TO THOSE AMERICAN HEROES WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II."

The Interior Department said that the US Park Police were on the scene following the Thursday vandalism and an investigation was ongoing. "The public should know we will find the person responsible f...