Not even historic trees are safe from President Donald Trump’s path of destruction at the White House. Satellite imagery shows that six trees, including southern magnolias commemorating presidents Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt, were axed or removed from the White House grounds this week as Trump abruptly demolished the East Wing. First lady Florence Harding planted the tree that would later be commemorated in her husband’s honor on March 29, 1922, during a photographed ceremony.


