An oak tree that was planted on the White House lawn by President Trump and French President Macron has disappeared, sparking speculation and jokes on Twitter. Photos showed an empty spot where the tree had been. While some suggested the tree may have been relocated for quarantine, others joked that Trump is losing so many staff the trees are leaving too, or that Putin took the tree. The tree planting ceremony had already been mocked on Twitter.

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Dude, where’s my tree? Twitter abuzz after oak planted
by Trump & Macron 'vanishes'
Published time: 29 Apr, 2018 13:30
Edited time: 29 Apr, 2018 22:07
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The Twittersphere had just stopped trolling Donald Trump & Emmanuel Macron
over their tree-planting ceremony when it went nuts again – this time after the oak
planted by the leaders apparently vanished from the White House lawn.
Update: A source at Elysee Palace told the French Hu ington Post that the tree
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Update: A source at Elysee Palace told the French Hu ington Post that the tree
was relocated to nish its quarantine period in US Customs, a process imposed on
any imported plant, seed or land to avoid the spreading of diseases or invasive
insects on American soil.
Photos released by Reuters on Friday evening allegedly show a perfect yellow spot
where the tree planted by the presidents on April 23 once stood on the South Lawn
of the White House in Washington. The oak sapling, which the French leader
brought from a historic battle eld in Europe, seems to have vanished.
Since there has been no o icial statement, the reason is unclear. People on Twitter
started with simple explanations, saying that the oak “might have hidden” in a
nearby forest.
A yellow spot is seen where the oak planted by Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump
stood on the South Lawn of the White House. April 28, 2018. © Yuri Gripas / Reuters
Jonathan Eyal
@JEyal_RUSI
Remember the tree Macron and Trump planted last week?
Apparently, it's gone. Disappeared. Some bad hombres must be
responsible. Or it's all fake news: L'arbre planté par Macron et
T à l M i Bl h di l fi f /fl h t /201

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Others said it might have simply been a joke or that the gift from Macron
was “dead.”
People also drew parallels between the alleged disappearance and the true face of
politics. “Talks, staged [actions]... and zero result in the end,” one person wrote.
Another added that the incident illustrates the attitude of political leaders towards
global warming. “Green in front of the cameras, quite opposite in real life.”
Referring to the recent employee exodus from the White House, some joked that
Trump “is losing so many sta ers, even the trees are leaving.”
Trump à la Maison-Blanche a disparu lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/201…
4:09 PM - Apr 29, 2018
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A yellow spot is seen where the oak planted by Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump
stood on the South Lawn of the White House. April 28, 2018. © Yuri Gripas / Reuters
sam thomas
@samthomas180
Replying to @BBCWorld
The white house is losing so many staffers even the trees are

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And surely no event of this scale can go without mentioning Vladimir Putin. He may
in fact be wearing the oak “as a feather in his hat,” one person tweeted.
France Info wrote that autumn is the best time to plant an oak, so the tree might be
kept somewhere else for now. We may get the answer this October, the radio
network said.
The white house is losing so many staffers even the trees are
leaving
6:56 PM - Apr 29, 2018
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J L Lewis
@123knitnsew
Replying to @BBCWorld
A missing symbol of French and America peace and friendship?
Looks like Trump is saying “I really don’t care about peace, a
tree symbolizing friendship or even on any level, the
environment- dig it up” can one hear those words coming from
his mouth?
7:03 PM - Apr 29, 2018
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Lixy
@Lixy_Cat
Replying to @BBCWorld @BBCNews
Putin is wearing it as a feather in his hat.
7:16 PM - Apr 29, 2018
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The tree-planting ceremony has been ercely mocked by the Twitterati. Some
wrote that it looked like the two leaders were “burying a body,” while others said
that the “corpse” actually was that of American democracy.
People on social media also alleged that the tree was a nod to Trump’s alleged
anti-environmentalist stance and to his pulling out of the Paris climate change
agreement.
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