Historic White House Tree Replaced By Trump ‘MAGAnolia’ | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump’s White House revamp has formally reached the landscaping.

A virtually two-century-old magnolia tree stated to have been planted by President Andrew Jackson was faraway from the South Lawn on Monday, amid considerations the ailing evergreen may pose a security danger if it fell.

The subsequent day, Trump was available to have a good time its substitute: a 12-year-old sapling descended from the unique Jackson tree, which he dubbed the “MAGAnolia.”

“We have a beautiful tree now at the White House,” Trump declared in a video posted to the official White House X account.

Believed to be the oldest tree on the grounds, the Jackson Magnolia had lengthy outlived the breed’s typical 100-year lifespan.

Historians say the unique was transplanted from Jackson’s Tennessee dwelling in honor of his late spouse, Rachel, someday throughout his 1829 to 1837 tenure in workplace.

The resolution to chop it down adopted an evaluation from skilled arborist Peter Hart, who decided the tree had “surpassed the time of serving as an aesthetic and historic landmark,” in keeping with a White House press assertion.

Trump addressed the transfer in a Truth Social submit final week, saying, “The bad news is everything must come to an end, and this tree is in terrible condition, a very dangerous safety hazard, at the White House Entrance, no less, and must now be removed.”

In his submit, the president famous that officers will likely be preserving components of the magnolia’s wooden, which “may be used for other high and noble purposes.”

The symbolism behind swapping one Jackson tree for an additional additionally appears becoming, given Trump’s well-documented admiration for the seventh president.

The wartime basic’s legacy has lengthy been criticized for his racist insurance policies, particularly the Indian Removal Act, which led to the compelled displacement of Native Americans alongside the Trail of Tears.