Opinion: Let’s Hear It for the Swampy Green Slime Taking Over Trump’s D.C.

Give algae the Nobel Peace Prize!

Algae did not pay me to write this column but after I’m finished, I think you’ll agree that algae owes me some money. I mean, has any chlorophyll-based organism ever received the kind of breathless PR that the pondpool scum taking over our nation’s Capitol has gotten the past few days? Since its first bloom following the president’s much-vaunted Reflection Pool rehabilitation, algae has smothered more than just D.C.’s pre-eminent water feature, but also our collective psyche. To which I say: good! To which I further say: give algae the Nobel Peace Prize!

U.S. National Park Service employee works to remove algae in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after recent renovations following a directive from U.S. President Donald Trump to paint it blue ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 20, 2026. / Daniel Heuer / REUTERS

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