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babylonsister

(172,819 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 08:01 AM 10 hrs ago

Trump plan will destroy DC's 'oldest grove of cherry trees' for golf practice: report

How do I hate him, let me count the ways.


Trump plan will destroy DC's 'oldest grove of cherry trees' for golf practice: report
David Edwards
July 1, 2026 1:49PM ET


A new Washington Post report says President Donald Trump's golf course redevelopment plan would destroy "Washington's oldest grove of cherry trees," the sole survivors of Japan's original 1910 gift to America.

Photos from Trump's Sunday tour of East Potomac Golf Links showed plans far larger than the government had publicly admitted, the Post said.

The trees — planted in 1910 and more than twice the species' expected maximum age — sit on an area that the plans would raze for a practice facility.

more...

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cherry-trees/

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Trump plan will destroy DC's 'oldest grove of cherry trees' for golf practice: report (Original Post) babylonsister 10 hrs ago OP
Someone needs to smack the toddler and say NO! Chasstev365 10 hrs ago #1
Two Words For trump: Mr.Bee 7 hrs ago #24
I am not sure what's going to be left of White House and surrounding areas LisaL 10 hrs ago #2
I expect that he already has a crew set up Bettie 9 hrs ago #7
Destructive Rotter Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #3
That's very interesting and well done. Is it AI derived? It doesn't look it. harumph 9 hrs ago #9
James Ostrer Kid Berwyn 9 hrs ago #10
Gotcha. I realized it was just too good to be AI. harumph 7 hrs ago #22
There is no bottom... GiqueCee 9 hrs ago #4
Hey everyone popsdenver 7 hrs ago #20
There's no question... GiqueCee 7 hrs ago #23
And in the shadows popsdenver 7 hrs ago #28
100 percent correct. FalloutShelter 7 hrs ago #27
Did you mean to say "How do I hate him, let me count the Cherries" KS Toronado 9 hrs ago #5
Hello there! I hope babylonsister 9 hrs ago #6
Wish all these chemo side effects would go away! KS Toronado 8 hrs ago #16
Hey KS popsdenver 7 hrs ago #18
Those Cherry trees are beautiful and are part of the history of Washington DC LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #8
The first time I visited as a teen w/o my parents... electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #34
JFC, just die already!! aeromanKC 9 hrs ago #11
If I didn't believe in the the Law of Threefold Return (should be self-explanatory, don't ask) Jilly_in_VA 6 hrs ago #30
that fucking motherfucker. barbtries 9 hrs ago #12
Why not, his bestest bud Bibi just bulldozed 1000 year old olive trees in Palestine LiberalArkie 8 hrs ago #13
That asshole is beneath contempt Jilly_in_VA 6 hrs ago #31
What a total fucking asshole. Congress has got to stop this somehow. Vinca 8 hrs ago #14
That is Trump's plan. To destroy everything and put his ugly mark on it and make it Gaudy (or Trumpy) ChicagoTeamster 8 hrs ago #15
Somebody needs to sue him to stop this FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #17
The reason shitstain has fencing, National Guard patrols, cause it would be dead withou all those obstacles dave99 7 hrs ago #19
"Me! Me! Me!" Dawson Leery 7 hrs ago #21
So frickin sick of his shit. Nanjeanne 7 hrs ago #25
Imagine being a MAGA who thinks this sort of behavior is "Owning the Libs" or whatever Prairie Gates 7 hrs ago #26
Does ANYONE ever say "No" to the rapist? bif 7 hrs ago #29
Those Epstein Files have GOT to be positively explosive! Talitha 5 hrs ago #32
He's a rancid, filthy fucking old git. Stacey Grove 5 hrs ago #33

LisaL

(48,071 posts)
2. I am not sure what's going to be left of White House and surrounding areas
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 08:33 AM
10 hrs ago

after he does whatever he is planning on doing.

Bettie

(20,046 posts)
7. I expect that he already has a crew set up
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:36 AM
9 hrs ago

to tear down the entire white house the day before he's to leave office.

After, of course, stealing anything of value from the place.

Someone tell me he can't do that...but, a few things have been stalled, but most of what he wants happens.

harumph

(3,553 posts)
9. That's very interesting and well done. Is it AI derived? It doesn't look it.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:42 AM
9 hrs ago

It captures His Most Execrable Pig King's Grotesqueness. A body comprising: a burial suit, broken bits of cinder block, rancid oil, and miscellaneous sausage parts. All that's missing are the flies - but that might be too on the nose. My only criticism - and it's a modest one - is that the model was insufficiently corpulent.

Kid Berwyn

(25,579 posts)
10. James Ostrer
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:46 AM
9 hrs ago

From DesignMantic in 2017:

#GivingTuesday Roundup: 20 Artists Portray Their Take On The Trump’s Atrocious Regime!

Excerpt…

This powerful illustration is part of a bigger project for the British artist, James Ostrer, titled “The Ego System,” which is a collection of “honesty portraits” of celebrities. While his entire collection is imposing, it was his Trump portrait, fabricated from an unmistakably Trumpian wig, sheep’s eyeballs, and a pig’s snout that attracted international attention when it made an appearance in March at the Hong Kong Art Central fair. The portrait is a visual depiction of the megalomania that has soared up to the point where Trump’s constant need to be in the limelight is overriding any kind of care for anyone else or room for relationships in his life.

https://www.designmantic.com/blog/20-artists-on-trump-atrocious-regime/

harumph

(3,553 posts)
22. Gotcha. I realized it was just too good to be AI.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:18 AM
7 hrs ago

Damn, a picture is indeed worth a thousand words. I'll check out Ostrer.

GiqueCee

(5,139 posts)
4. There is no bottom...
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:04 AM
9 hrs ago

... to his cesspool of malice and greed.
Are there no laws restricting what he's allowed to destroy? IT'S NOT HIS FUCKING PROPERTY!

popsdenver

(2,845 posts)
20. Hey everyone
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:03 AM
7 hrs ago

IT'S NOT "TRUMP" per se.....it is the entire Republican Party, Republicans in the U.S. Senate, Republicans in the U.S. House and Republicans in the U.S. Supreme Court who are backing him 100%, THAT ARE ALLOWING HIM TO DO THEIR DIRTY WORK SINCE 2016.......
The Republicans are setting Trump up to take the blame for EVERYTHING, and walk away using him as a scapegoat, then put some one else into office to just keep on, keeping on with all their shit.......

WE NEED TO START SAYING "THE REPUBLICANS" DID THIS OR THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS TRULY WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE...

GiqueCee

(5,139 posts)
23. There's no question...
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:30 AM
7 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Jul 2, 2026, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)

... that they're letting him get away with murder – in some cases, quite literally, I suspect – but you can bet this was his idea. The evil bastard probably isn't practicing golf, he's practicing cheating.

popsdenver

(2,845 posts)
28. And in the shadows
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:42 AM
7 hrs ago

using smoke and mirrors, the REAL 2025 work is being done, using Trump as a daily/hourly distraction......in turn they allow Trump and other Republican Uber Wealthy and Republican Politcians to grift away......

FalloutShelter

(14,761 posts)
27. 100 percent correct.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:39 AM
7 hrs ago

From your local GOP committeeman to the Vice President... every GOP office holder... every Judge...every appointee of this regime is
A-OKAY WITH ALL OF THIS.

REPUBLICANS AND THEIR MAGA DEATH CULT DID THIS.

popsdenver

(2,845 posts)
18. Hey KS
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:57 AM
7 hrs ago

Just hope the Chemo works........and if it does, count yourself blessed............

Some times, you get Chemo and have all the somewhat horrific side effects, and then you learn that the Chemo didn't work.........

I am sure that all of us here are pulling for you 100%, and hope that you stop the cancer in it's tracks......

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,290 posts)
8. Those Cherry trees are beautiful and are part of the history of Washington DC
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:41 AM
9 hrs ago

I love walking through those trees when I visited DC

electric_blue68

(27,998 posts)
34. The first time I visited as a teen w/o my parents...
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 03:21 PM
3 hrs ago

I, my sis and a cousin went in?April or early May partly in particular to see the cherry blossoms, along w everything else.
So many ~ it was glorious! 🥰

Jilly_in_VA

(14,765 posts)
30. If I didn't believe in the the Law of Threefold Return (should be self-explanatory, don't ask)
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 12:02 PM
6 hrs ago

I'd try casting a powerful curse on him. The worsr. However, the best I can do I glare in the direction of the White hose and mutter darkly, "Die already." There must be a lot of people dooing that because he looks like he's miserable and dying on the vine.

barbtries

(31,391 posts)
12. that fucking motherfucker.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:54 AM
9 hrs ago

he is the most contemptuous person imaginable. just cannot make this freak give a fuck about anything.

omigawd i think i need a pill today.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,512 posts)
15. That is Trump's plan. To destroy everything and put his ugly mark on it and make it Gaudy (or Trumpy)
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:26 AM
8 hrs ago

FakeNoose

(43,166 posts)
17. Somebody needs to sue him to stop this
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:51 AM
8 hrs ago

Maybe an environmental group such as the Sierra Club? I don't know. Or maybe the DAR if they're still around?
This has to be stopped.

He can play golf anywhere. Literally.... ANYWHERE!

Tell Chump he's such a good golfer, he doesn't need to "practice."

dave99

(703 posts)
19. The reason shitstain has fencing, National Guard patrols, cause it would be dead withou all those obstacles
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:58 AM
7 hrs ago

Prairie Gates

(8,702 posts)
26. Imagine being a MAGA who thinks this sort of behavior is "Owning the Libs" or whatever
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:36 AM
7 hrs ago

Good Lord.

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