'Trump eyes 47 trees in Lafayette Square to advance his self-glorification agenda'

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(MS NOW) "The Trump administration announced in April that it would soon start offering a redesigned U.S. passport that would include a picture of Donald Trump, and late last week it followed through on those plans, unveiling a new passport that shows the president leaning forward against a backdrop of the Declaration of Independence. (The Republican’s signature is printed beneath it.)"

"By way of his social media platform, the president told the public that the passport says, 'Welcome, but be good!' It suggested that Trump might not fully understand what a passport is — they’re given to Americans, not foreigners visiting the United States — though the use of his image and signature reflected his team’s broader goals about adding to the president’s self-glorification agenda."

"It was not, however, the only recent evidence. The Washington Post reported: '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."

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https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-47-trees-lafayette-square-self-glorification-agenda

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Lafayette Park already has a beautiful tree canopy, but Trump wants "47 maple trees." Will Trump cut down all the non-maples in the park so can plant his 47 vanity trees?