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  • At least 2 historic magnolia trees, Kennedy Garden appear to have been removed to make way for Trump's White House ballroom

    10/27/2025 9:00:06 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 79 replies
    ABC News ^ | 10/23/25 | Peter Charalambous, Kerem Inal, and Chris Looft
    Legend says that George Washington once chopped down his father's cherry tree. Satellite images show President Donald Trump's project to build a $300 million grand ballroom has appeared to take down at least six trees on the White House grounds -- including two historic magnolia trees commemorating Presidents Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The satellite images released on Thursday provide the fullest picture yet of the extent of the demolition work on the White House's East Wing and its effect on the surrounding parkland -- changes made without consulting the government commission established by federal law to ensure...
  • Trump announces plan to chop down magnolia tree purportedly planted by Andrew Jackson: 'Must come to an end'

    03/30/2025 11:09:04 PM PDT · by Libloather · 58 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/30/25 | Andrea Margolis
    President Donald Trump announced plans to chop down a tree that was said to have been planted by former President Andrew Jackson. In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump said that he was working with "the wonderful people at the National Park Service" to make "tremendous enhancements to the White House, thereby preserving and protecting History!" "One of the interesting dilemmas is a tree planted many years ago by the Legendary President and General, Andrew Jackson," Trump described. "It is a Southern Magnolia, that came from his home, The Hermitage, in Tennessee. That’s the good news!" "The bad news...