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Why the tree that Trump and Macron planted at the White House is gone

By Josh Siegel
Published April 29, 2018 9:27pm ET
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Why the tree that Trump and Macron planted at the White House is gone
The photo shows an empty area where a tree was planted by President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron during a tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. The young ceremonial tree was planted in the area between the light pole at left and the tree at right. | (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The tree that President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron planted on the White House lawn last week is no longer there.

Macron gifted the tree to Trump as a memorial from the Belleau Wood site in France, where almost 2,000 American Marines died in a World War I battle.

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