[mairdie]

The White House South Lawn, 1878.

Tree blocking left part of White House

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Trump colluded with the arborists this time.

[rlmorel]

I am no “tree lover”, but I do appreciate looking at an elderly tree, and imagining the history it has lived through.

There was a an enormous, fat, decaying maple tree around here that was 350 year old, and it just finally died. You couldn’t stand in front of it and not realize it had been a sapling long before the American Revolution.

But everything does have its time.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

CNN expresses more concern for the limbs of this tree than the limbs of babies chopped up for parts and sold to the highest bidder.

[Little Pig]

Magnolias are notoriously fragile; a tree that old is in danger of losing major limbs if they get a particularly nasty ice storm, resulting in damage to the building. Hopefully the replacement will be sited far enough away that it won’t pose a threat in the future.

[Lazamataz]

Maxine Waters: “IMPEACH TRUMP FOR MURDERING THE TREE!”

[tired&retired]

“had a long and storied life, yet has now been deemed too damaged and decayed to remain in place.”

Could describe quite a few politicians!!!

[Gay State Conservative]

Experienced,skilled,aborists (not sure what tree specialists are called) will either believe that the tree can be saved or that it cannot.

[Haiku Guy]

I would pay a boatload of money for one of the cloned trees that they don’t use.

[moovova]

Magnolias are a pain...dropping leaves and those little hand grenades all year long. Yes...their blooms are big & fragrant. But, if I wanted fragrance, I’d buy one of those little car air fresheners that hang on the mirror.

I hate crepe myrtles too. They’re nothing but weeds.

Good move President Trump.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Clear-cutting the front lawn of the White House!

DJT is horrible!!!

[mairdie]

PING

[Tammy8]

I saw several posts this morning blaming Melania and saying she asked for it to be removed. The pictures I saw showed the trunk on at least one of the two main branches has rotted away but somehow she is to blame.

[butlerweave]

CNN will say anything just so they can COMPLAIN ,LOL

[Vesparado]

I’ve always hated that tree. Thank God we finally have a President with the gumption to do what has to be done!

[livius]

Trees don’t live forever, the arborist said it was time for this one, and they have to take it out before it falls on the WH. I manage an historic site and this, unfortunately, something that you have to do from time to time.

[b4its2late]

Trees have term limits. So should Congress.

[sphinx]

The tree was planted by Andrew Jackson, or at his behest. It is a racist tree and should have been removed long ago.

[I want the USA back]

When is the tree called racist?

[x]

After a brutal presidential campaign in 1828, Andrew Jackson's wife, Rachel, died just days after his election; according to historians, Jackson believed the particularly divisive campaign contributed to his wife's untimely demise. When he took up residence in the White House as a widower following his inauguration, it is believed Jackson insisted on planting a sprout from Rachel's favorite magnolia tree from the couple's farm, Hermitage, in Tennessee.

So use a tomahawk when you chop it down.

[Daffynition]

It's a good time to remember *Herbie*

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2425172/posts

and Frank Knight

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2883943/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2625662/posts