Foreign Policy

Trump and Macron’s symbolic friendship tree has died

By Caitlin Yilek
Published June 10, 2019 10:13am ET
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Trump and Macron’s symbolic friendship tree has died
In this April 23, 2018 photo, first lady Melania Trump, second from right, and Brigitte Macron, second from left, watch as President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron participate in a tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. | (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

A tree planted last year by President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron to symbolize a century of French and American friendship has died.

In April 2018, the two leaders shoveled dirt on the sapling during a ceremony on the White House South Lawn as their wives looked on.

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