Macron and Trump planted tree at the White House. Why it is now missing

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Macron and Trump planted tree at the White House. Why it is now missing

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shovel dirt onto a freshly planted oak tree as Brigitte Macron and first lady Melania Trump watch during a tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2018. Picture taken April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Steve Holland

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron celebrated the special relationship between the United States and France during his state visit to Washington last week by planting a tree with President Donald Trump on the grounds of the White House.

 

Now the oak sapling is gone - at least temporarily.

 

White House photographers noticed the tree was gone days after it had been planted. Mystery ensued.

 

In fact, the tree, from Belleau Wood in France where almost 2,000 American soldiers died in a World War One battle, had been dug up not long after it was planted. It was put in quarantine, according to U.S. and French officials. The problem: Parasites on the tree could spread to others on the White House property.

 

"It was actually a special favour from Trump to France to be able to plant the tree the day of the president’s visit," an official from Macron's office said.

 

"Since then, it has returned to quarantine and will soon be replanted in the White House gardens," the official said, adding: "Don’t worry, the tree is doing very well."

 

(Reporting by Yuri Gipas and Mike Stone in Washington and Michel Rose in Paris; Writing by Jeff Mason; Editing by Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-30

[Silurian]

Damn you Scott Pruitt!!!

[dorchester]

The missing tree.God almighty , TV has joined the ranks of the Huff post and Yahoo news

[mikebike]

Kinda good news.

 

It means there must be at least one scientist (biologist) that the current admin believes is telling the truth.

 

Maybe he can get them to use science for other environmental issues as well.

[lannarebirth]

Or I guess they could have just sprayed it with something to kill any parasites there may have been.

[mikebike]

5 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

Or I guess they could have just sprayed it with something to kill any parasites there may have been.

It is likely that spraying it in place would still have a risk of spreading the invasive parasites, hence the quarantine.

[Silurian]

1 hour ago, mikebike said:

It is likely that spraying it in place would still have a risk of spreading the invasive parasites, hence the quarantine.

 

It is too late. The invasive parasite already left after it was planted.

 

I believe it was of the aurantiaco blatta variety.

 

 

[Tilacme]

I see in the pic Melanie is taking no chances on roaming foreign bugs.

[klauskunkel]

The real reason why ladies carry handbags: it makes them exempt from digging

[JulesMad]

trumpy pissed against it, and now the tree has died.... To save face, it has been removed :-)  BTW, trumpy's face is and will not be saved!

 

[mikebike]

2 hours ago, Tilacme said:

I see in the pic Melanie is taking no chances on roaming foreign bugs.

Melanie... who is this Melanie? 

[DrTuner]

A clever ploy from Macron to smuggle French parasites into White House.

[mikebike]

1 minute ago, DrTuner said:

A clever ploy from Macron to smuggle French parasites into White House.

Well then Ivanka and Jarred must be peeved... US parasites displaced by French ones!! LOL!!

[Becker]

I have it on good authority that the man-child due to very shaky hands accidentally damaged the roots of the tree and it died. Apparently the way Mrs. Macron was standing coupled with the color of her dress reminded him of happier times in a Moscow hotel room!

 

[quandow]

Thanks AGAIN, Obama!

[Basil B]

probably one of Trump's minions got a dammed good thrashing... 

[bristolboy]

Actually, it was put back into quarantine where it should have been all along. But Trump needed the photo op in order to be able to claim that his administration is actually helping to grow forests. This will be the only instance that will support such a claim.

 https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/4371270.html

[keithathome]

Maybe it was to check for French bugs being smuggled into the White House