Exclusive: Iconic White House tree to be cut down

[47of74]

Source: CNN

The south facade of the White House will undergo a dramatic change this week: the historic Jackson Magnolia, a tree that has been in place since the 1800s, is scheduled to be cut down and removed.

The enormous magnolia, one of three on the west side of the White House and the oldest on the White House grounds, extends from the ground floor, up past the front of the windows of the State Dining Room on the first floor and beyond the second-level executive residence. The tree has had a long and storied life, yet has now been deemed too damaged and decayed to remain in place.

Specialists at the United States National Arboretum were brought in by the White House to assess the Magnolia grandiflora, as it is specifically termed. According to documents obtained exclusively by CNN, the tree must be removed, and quickly, despite efforts to preserve it over several decades.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/26/politics/white-house-jackson-magnolia-south-facade/index.html

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Even the trees don't want to be around the giant orange fornicate anymore.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Trump will, no doubt,

lie about it

[erpowers]

2. Did She Actually Read The Report

I do not want to be mean to Melania Trump, but does anyone believe that she actually read the report on the tree before deciding to have it cut down. It seems like she made the right decision. I just have a hard time believing that she took the time to read the report about the tree.

[Hortensis]

40. The occupants don't make these decisions. They could ask,

but others decide.

[dgibby]

3. "has now been deemed too damaged and decayed to remain in place".

A metaphor for the Trump administration.

[bronxiteforever]

12. +1000000

[Old Vet]

32. Nice catch, Well said dgibby...............

[dixiegrrrrl]

38. Indeed.

[jrthin]

42. Indeed.

[alfredo]

46. No, it lost the will to live after the 2016 election.

[EL34x4]

6. Did you read the article? (n/t)

[Liberalagogo]

10. from the article:

".....despite efforts to preserve it over several decades. "

[William Seger]

19. Yes, I vaguely remember something about it in the WashPost (I think) many years ago (nt)

[Codeine]

20. Its dying.

They’ve been trying to save it forever but the tree has gotten so bad it could fall.

[bdamomma]

27. I wish

it would fall on the idiot. At least they will replant another.

[paleotn]

25. Sad, but nothing can be done.

Magnolia grandiflora doesn't live very long by tree standards, like oaks and sugar maples, etc.

[Mendocino]

47. Yes, the Grandifora

some times referred as a Southern Magnolia or Bull Bay does the best in the deep south. For it to grow this long in these climes, for almost 200 years is unusual.

[toddwv]

31. Poor thing has been sick for a long time.

The only thing keeping it up are cables at this point.

[GulfCoast66]

41. Read the article and then delete your post

As it cast you in a poor light.

[bdamomma]

48. noted

deleted

[forgotmylogin]

43. It sounds like the tree is decaying and experts said it needs to come down.

All metaphors aside, we don't want a dead tree by the White House, lest it start looking like the Haunted Mansion. Plus it's dangerous if a wind or storm were to knock it over if it's close to the building.

Surely though, this would be something they could preserve in a museum. A cross-section of the annual rings in the trunk labeled by Presidential terms would be pretty neat, and they might be able to preserve some of the branches or make some carved artworks out of any of the undamaged wood that remains.

[Submariner]

5. Sad to see that gold-digging racist birther POS out in public

and making believe her dropout ass is making important decisions. She should just hide in the attic and STFU. Disgusting fake FLOTUS.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. You do have this at the end of the article

The circle of life

However disappointing the removal of the Jackson Magnolia, the silver lining of its demise is that White House groundskeepers were prepared. For several months, at an undisclosed greenhouse-like location nearby, healthy offshoots of the tree have been growing, tended to with care and now somewhere around eight to 10 feet tall. CNN has learned the plan is that another Jackson Magnolia, born directly from the original, will soon be planted in its place, for history to live on.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/26/politics/white-house-jackson-magnolia-south-facade/index.html

[groundloop]

8. A magnolia tree didn't grow to be 10 feet tall in "several months"

Sounds like 45* is once again trying to take credit for someone elses forethought.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. They have been growing seedlings and offshoots from that tree for years.

The article even mentions the Obamas planting a few early in their first term and it wouldn't surprise me if the ones the groundskeepers are being referenced as maintaining are from the same set.

I don't think the article is giving any credit to the orange shitgibbon.

[cstanleytech]

11. Ya, I was thinking that much growth seemed to be way to fast to be legit.

[Igel]

13. I took the modifier to say that

"for the last several months it's been growing at a nearby greenhouse."

Not, "it was started several months ago at a nearby greenhouse." Sounds like it was moved and prepped for transplanting. Perhaps it was grown for much of its lifetime in ground instead of in a pot. It's just an inference--and probably an erroneous one--that the plants were started then. The article's grammar actually indicates otherwise.

[Botany]

14. magnolias can grow very fast ...... 6+ feet/yr is not rare

Especially if it was a transplant with enough of its own roots grown under
good conditions.

[bluedigger]

33. Which should make it the Jackson - Obama Magnolia.

[getagrip_already]

35. more likely it will just be the trump maga tree..........

he won't let them name it something without it being his name.

Also watch where the wood goes. He will probably have it choped into pieces and given to supporters.

[dixiegrrrrl]

39. "sold" to supporters, is more like it.

I find it hard to believe he has ever given someone a no-strings-attached gift.
That whole family takes "gimme" to a new high.

[LeftInTX]

15. A beautiful tree

Did not know it was that old.

Kinda funny that the Jackson Magnolia (planted by Andrew Jackson) met its demise under Trump.

If it had happened under Obama, the Tea Baggers would have claimed that Obama was destroying Jackson's legacy.

[Botany]

16. it has been dying since the 1970s

n/t

[Wounded Bear]

22. Yeah, well there you go with them pesky 'facts'...

[TexasBushwhacker]

37. Magnolias over 100 years old are rare n/t

[LiberalFighter]

17. Make sure Trump is nearby in the wrong place when they take it down.

[LiberalFighter]

18. Could they stick one of those shoots up his ass to grow?

Preferably with a big branch attached.

[bdamomma]

21. That's what

I get for being a tree hugger, at least they will be planting another one.

[L. Coyote]

23. I'm sure the Trump bots will blame Obama in 3, 2, .....

[paleotn]

26. The black guy forgot to water it.

Obama was too busy going back in time to start WWII, planting his fake birth certificate along the way.

[Demit]

24. "Trump has requested that the wood from the tree be preserved."

They don't say what for.

[MFM008]

28. The only way

He will get a woody.

[Botany]

29. The tree is hollow .... good luck getting "the wood."

[Demit]

30. The MAN is hollow. To quote from an old Carol Burnett bit.

[getagrip_already]

36. it will go to his supporters...

with a commemorative coin bearing his name and ehat he thinks is a resemblance.

[JHB]

45. Paneling for his private jet.

[Lulu KC]

34. Feels so symbolic n/t

[truthisfreedom]

44. Lets get this straight. Melania hates the tree. Read

ALL of the articles about it. She’s no tree expert, except dead ones for Christmas.