Apologies to Kermit the Frog but I couldn’t help but make the connection with the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.

It was constructed in the 1920s, around the same time as the Lincoln Memorial and is designed so that President Lincoln’s statue can see the whole of the Washington Monument reflected in the pool.

But, as is happening with more frequency, President Trump saw the Reflecting Pool as yet another opportunity to make something he can brag about. He saw it as a swimming pool and claimed to be an expert in constructing pools. He ordered the bottom of the pool painted blue, which would seem to make the reflecting part harder.

As any pool owner knows, swimming pool water uses chemicals like chlorine to keep the water free of things like algae. But the Reflecting Pool uses water from the nearby Tidal Basin (part of the Potomac River).

As any high school biology teacher could have predicted, the Reflecting Pool is now green. As I speak crews are pouring hydrogen peroxide and other chemicals to try to battle the algae.

President Lincoln could not be reached for comment.