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kpete

(72,075 posts) Sun Apr 29, 2018, 12:19 PM Apr 2018

A tree gifted to President Donald Trump by French President Emmanuel Macron has disappeared.

The pair planted the sapling, taken from the site of a World War One battle in north-east France, during Mr Macron's state visit last week.

Mr Macron said the tree would be a reminder of "these ties that bind us".

But a Reuters photographer on Saturday took a shot of only a yellow patch of grass on the White House south lawn where the tree once stood.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43941146

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A tree gifted to President Donald Trump by French President Emmanuel Macron has disappeared. (Original Post) kpete Apr 2018 OP

"Terrible, terrible speech! Where's that tree? Throw it out." dalton99a Apr 2018 #1

It's probably been purloined to be replanted at the 'summer White House' pandr32 Apr 2018 #2

dalton99a

(81,758 posts)

1. "Terrible, terrible speech! Where's that tree? Throw it out."

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Sun Apr 29, 2018, 12:23 PM

Apr 2018

pandr32

(11,657 posts)

2. It's probably been purloined to be replanted at the 'summer White House'

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Sun Apr 29, 2018, 12:43 PM

Apr 2018

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