Actor Kelsey Grammer shared a message for Americans dissatisfied with the country as some critics obsess over President Donald Trump’s allegedly botched $14.8 million restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool."There is a virus that has infected a very small number of people, I think, who just want to tear things down.They've been consumed by hatred, and of course, hatred ends up basically destroying you," he told "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Tuesday."I pray for them.
I pray for everyone to find a decent sentiment in their hearts about this country about the people who run it these days."Grammer’s remarks come amid widespread scrutiny towards Trump’s renovation of the Reflecting Pool over large amounts of algae and peeling paint floating in the water.The president has said vandals damaged the recently renovated attraction and that six people have been arrested in connection to the alleged vandalism.CNN PANEL ERUPTS OVER TRUMP'S $13M LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL RENOVATION AFTER DOGE-ERA CUTSCraig Paulette(l-r), Nadine Seiler, and Karen Irwin hold protest signs and chant slogans at the Reflecting Pool on June 21, 2026, in Washington, DC.
Earlier in the day, NPS personnel worked to vacuum algae from the pool.Among the slogans chanted were 'Let's grow algae, let's grow!" (Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images)The dissatisfaction comes at the same time as soccer fans from around the world visit the U.S.
for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and share positive impressions of the country, its hospitality and culture – a sentiment Grammer wants more Americans to share."It's worth loving, and it's great that we've been given this chance to see [the United States] in the eyes of so many of our European fellows and South American fellows," Grammer said.The "Frasier" star, who plans to spend America’s 250th anniversary in Washington, D.C., shared a prayerful wish for the nation’s future ahead of its milestone birthday.BILL MAHER TELLS LIBERA...