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Rhiannon12866

(205,718 posts) Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:02 AM Jun 2019

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 6/14/19

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The Trump-Macron Friendship Tree Is Dead

The 'friendship tree' planted on the White House lawn by Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron is dead. And Detective Birch Sycamore is on the case.

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Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 6/14/19 (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 OP

The tree committed suicide. Doreen Jun 2019 #1

If I recall, wasn't it missing for awhile - and then we learned that it was "replanted?" Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #3

Yeah, he is responsible all right. Doreen Jun 2019 #7

I could swear there was a brouhaha very shortly after the tree was planted about it being stolen mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #2

I remember hearing about that - and it was probably on Colbert Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #4

Right? It was like .. .they planted it, and then a bunch of pics came out mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #5

Okay, I found this - since it was a "foreign" tree, it was put into quarantine Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #6

Yeah, I wasn't too far off :) mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #8

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

1. The tree committed suicide.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:24 AM

Jun 2019

I keep saying that over and over as I quietly laugh my ass off trying to not wake my deaf neighbors.

Rhiannon12866

(205,718 posts)

3. If I recall, wasn't it missing for awhile - and then we learned that it was "replanted?"

Reply to Doreen (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:40 AM

Jun 2019

I can't imagine Trump knows how to plant a tree - or made any effort, just like he does a crappy job at everything else. I'm sure that he's responsible.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

7. Yeah, he is responsible all right.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:09 AM

Jun 2019

Responsible for screwing this country and world.

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

2. I could swear there was a brouhaha very shortly after the tree was planted about it being stolen

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:29 AM

Jun 2019

And then the park service or whoever said it had been moved because of some health issue, or some problem with the soil or SOMETHING ... they claimed it was not actually stolen ...

Cause that would've looked bad for 'security' if someone could just go out on the WH lawn and steal that famous tree.

Ergo, I wonder if it actually WAS taken, and they're just making up this story about it dying. Wonder if anyone's actually seen it back in it's original spot.

We NEED ... Birch Sycamore ... is what I'm saying.

Rhiannon12866

(205,718 posts)

4. I remember hearing about that - and it was probably on Colbert

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:47 AM

Jun 2019

That Trump and Macron were shown planting it, but then it mysteriously disappeared. I seem to recall that it was "replanted" later - maybe by someone who actually knew what they were doing? I agree that it's very suspicious - and I hope that Birch Sycamore gets to the bottom of this.

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

5. Right? It was like .. .they planted it, and then a bunch of pics came out

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:54 AM

Jun 2019

with IQ45 like trying to lead Macron around by the hand, and the media was teasing him about it ...

And I wanna say IQ45 said something inappropriate about Macron's wifes 'fitness', or something ... anyways, then when Macron went back to France the people there were giving him shit about buddying up to IQ45 so hard, and he maybe said something disparaging about him ... and then all of a sudden the tree vanished.

That's my recollection anyway. I bet Trump had the tree yanked and killed right around then, myself. He's only now copping to it, for reasons we may eventually find out ... but maybe not.

Rhiannon12866

(205,718 posts)

6. Okay, I found this - since it was a "foreign" tree, it was put into quarantine

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 05:15 AM

Jun 2019

Not much here except the explanation:

Mystery solved: Here’s why the Trump-Macron friendship tree vanished from the White House grounds

The French president’s office says there’s nothing mysterious about the disappearance of an oak tree he planted on the White House lawn. It was put in quarantine, like other plants or animals brought into U.S. territory.

But then, the next day this was on Colbert - Macron's speech before Congress:

Macron Breaks With Trump In Front Of Congress

French President Emmanuel Macron used his address to a joint session of Congress to distance himself from Trump on nationalism, climate change and the Iran deal.

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

8. Yeah, I wasn't too far off :)

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:09 AM

Jun 2019

Wonder if it was ever out of quarantine and put back. Trump's peeps probably stuck it in some shed somewhere and left it there since their relationship went south.

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