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.

Also gone from the White House grounds is the magnolia honoring Roosevelt, the architect behind the New Deal and U.S. president for much of World War II.

Roosevelt’s magnolia, planted in 1942, is no longer visible in satellite images or in photographs of the flattened East Wing.

Also missing is

See Full Page