This is a DISGRACE. He’s destroyed the Rose Garden, the East Wing, and now he’s cutting down the beautiful cherry trees that draw thousands of people to the capital each year.
Trump is chopping down DC’s historic cherry blossom trees in direct violation of a judge's order to stop.
A federal judge told the Trump administration not to touch more than 10 trees at a historic Washington, D.C. park without warning her first. Crews have now cut down more than 60.
These aren't just any trees. Japan gave the United States thousands of cherry blossom trees back in 1912 as a gift of friendship. Some of the ones just cut down were part of that original gift — over a century old.
Trump wants to bulldoze the park to build himself a fancy new golf course, one nice enough to host the US Open. So he canceled the lease of the nonprofit that ran the public course for decades and handed it to his own Interior Department instead.
Preservationists sued in February, arguing the plan violates the 1897 law that created the park "for the recreation and the pleasure of the people."
He obviously doesn't care about that.
A federal judge is overseeing the lawsuit against this project. Back in May, she ordered the administration not to remove more than 10 trees without warning her first, and told them there would be "serious consequences" for acting first and asking forgiveness later.
They ignored her. The National Park Service now says 306 trees have come down for the project. More than 60 in just the last few weeks. No notice was filed.
And here's the kicker: this is the same site where Trump's crews have been dumping truckloads of debris from tearing down the White House East Wing. That soil has since tested positive for mercury and lead.
It’s time to vote out everyone in Congress. This is truly shameful.
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