President Donald Trump announced plans to chop down a tree that was said to have been planted by former President Andrew Jackson.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump said that he was working with “the wonderful people at the National Park Service” to make “tremendous enhancements to the White House, thereby preserving and protecting History!”
“One of the interesting dilemmas is a tree planted many years ago by the Legendary President and General, Andrew Jackson,” Trump described. “It is a Southern Magnolia, that came from his home, The Hermitage, in Tennessee. That’s the good news!”
“The bad news is that 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,” he continued.
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President Donald Trump plans to cut down a southern magnolia tree believed to have been planted by former President Andrew Jackson. (Getty Images)
The historic tree will be chopped down in coming days, and Trump wrote that it will be replaced “by another, very beautiful tree.”
“The Historic wood from the tree will be preserved by the White House Staff, and may be used for other high and noble purposes!!!” the president added.
Jackson, who served as president from 1829 to 1837, reportedly planted two magnolia trees near the White House in honor of his wife Rachel, who died in 1828. But according to the National Park Service’s (NPS) website, the trees’ connection to Old Hickory is debatable.
“Historical photographic documentation shows that magnolias first appeared at this location near the South Portico in the 1860s, still the trees are attributed to President Jackson,” the agency explained.
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The magnolia tree (left of center, with a silver trunk) dates between the late 1820s and the 1860s. (NPS / Kelsey…
