Social Media Posts Push False Claim of Trump Chopping Down 60 Cherry Trees
Officials said arborists removed hazardous and invasive trees as social media posts falsely claimed 60 cherry trees were cut down.
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Cherry trees: the final cut
WASHINGTON — Sure, build a ballroom dwarfing the clean and classic design of the White House. Go ahead, murder the history of Lafayette Square with prison bars keeping tourists away from our traditional place of dissent. Close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since it will never be the same again, with […]
Social Media Posts Push False Claim of Trump Chopping Down 60 Cherry Trees
Q: Did the Trump administration have 60 cherry blossom trees cut down in D.C. to build a golf course? A: In what the Department of Interior called “routine maintenance,” about 60 trees were removed from East Potomac Park, according to the Washington Post. But only one cherry tree removal was mentioned in that article, and an advocacy group opposed to major changes to the park told us it only knew “for certain” of one cherry tree being cut down.
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