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WP Exclusive-Trump's vision for White House park: 47 trees to mark his presidency [View all]
The president has called Lafayette Square “the entrance to the White House.” Contractors have been renovating the park for months and are likely to miss Trump’s original goal of reopening before July 4.
Trump’s vision for White House park: 47 trees to mark his presidency
— BanmarNJ (@banmarnj.bsky.social) 2026-06-28T12:52:10.917Z
The president has called Lafayette Square “the entrance to the White House.†Contractors have been renovating the park for months and are likely to miss Trump’s original goal of reopening before July 4.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/28/trump-wants-47-trees-mark-his-47th-presidency-white-house-park/
President Donald Trump in recent months has cultivated a side project: counting the number of trees in a public park across the street from the White House.
Under Trump’s plans for Lafayette Square, which he has previously described as “the entrance to the White House,” the public park would feature 47 trees, matching his status as the nation’s 47th president, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to detail the administration’s plans for the park. The trees would all be maples, a favorite of the president’s.
The park has historically contained several dozen trees, although some have been taken out during renovations. It’s unclear how many additional trees Trump would plant to get to 47 and whether he would remove any existing trees as part of his effort. Officials cautioned that as with Trump’s other building and design projects — which they have acknowledged he has tended to micromanage — nothing is final until the president formally announces it.......
The president’s plans to memorialize his presidency in tree form, which have not previously been reported, represent one more way that Trump is seeking to put his imprint on the White House and its grounds. Trump has torn down the East Wing to begin building his planned ballroom, paved over the Rose Garden, installed new statues, and overhauled the Palm Room and the colonnade outside the West Wing, among other projects.....
“Regime Change,” a new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, also describes a scene earlier this year in which Trump’s desk in the Oval Office contained printouts of maple trees he was ordering for the White House.
“I know how to buy good trees. Maples,” Trump told the reporters, according to the book.
Under Trump’s plans for Lafayette Square, which he has previously described as “the entrance to the White House,” the public park would feature 47 trees, matching his status as the nation’s 47th president, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to detail the administration’s plans for the park. The trees would all be maples, a favorite of the president’s.
The park has historically contained several dozen trees, although some have been taken out during renovations. It’s unclear how many additional trees Trump would plant to get to 47 and whether he would remove any existing trees as part of his effort. Officials cautioned that as with Trump’s other building and design projects — which they have acknowledged he has tended to micromanage — nothing is final until the president formally announces it.......
The president’s plans to memorialize his presidency in tree form, which have not previously been reported, represent one more way that Trump is seeking to put his imprint on the White House and its grounds. Trump has torn down the East Wing to begin building his planned ballroom, paved over the Rose Garden, installed new statues, and overhauled the Palm Room and the colonnade outside the West Wing, among other projects.....
“Regime Change,” a new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, also describes a scene earlier this year in which Trump’s desk in the Oval Office contained printouts of maple trees he was ordering for the White House.
“I know how to buy good trees. Maples,” Trump told the reporters, according to the book.
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