What Happened to the Trump-Macron Tree?

[DonViejo]

April 30, 2018 at 8:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

“A mystery is brewing at the White House about what happened to the oak tree President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron planted there last week,” the AP reports.

“The sapling was a gift from Macron on the occasion of his state visit. News photographers snapped away Monday when Trump and Macron shoveled dirt onto the tree during a ceremonial planting on the South Lawn. By the end of the week, the tree was gone from the lawn. A pale patch of grass was left in its place.”

However, France’s ambassador to the U.S. explains in a tweet: “It is in quarantine which is mandatory for any living organism imported to the US. It will be replanted afterwards.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/04/30/what-happened-to-the-trump-macron-tree/

[JohnnyLib2]

1. The alway-incompetent WH has let this question float all weekend.

just one more sign of rot.....

[Raine]

2. It's being held in quarantine

to make sure it doesn't have any disease that can infect in of the other trees, that's what heard on CBS news.

[Mariana]

3. I didn't realize the tree was brought from outside.

My stepkid was living in England temporarily. Her landlord had an apple tree on one of his other properties, and let her pick the apples. She said they were the best apples she'd ever had. She really wanted to propagate this tree at home.

"Can I send you some seeds?" she asked me.
"Nope. It has to be cloned. Will he let you take some cuttings? I can try to graft them."

So we looked into the regulations about shipping or transporting live plants and abandoned the idea. Too bad, but it's best to protect our trees from novel diseases and pests.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Quarantine

after it's been planted? Seems bass-backwards to me.

[TexasProgresive]

5. Why quarantine? just do a search on the origin of Dutch elm disease and the American elm.