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96. I can't tell from the pic. Are there any roses left?

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Sat Aug 22, 2020, 12:31 PM

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The White House Rose Garden "renovation" - removed trees, installed concrete [View all] Dennis Donovan Aug 2020 OP

Jeezus soothsayer Aug 2020 #1

K and R😞 dewsgirl Aug 2020 #2

Renovation? That's more like deforestation. C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #3

This is criminal abakan Aug 2020 #54

That's criminal! 2naSalit Aug 2020 #4

You chose the correct word malaise Aug 2020 #52

Looks like the netrance to a funeral facility... 2naSalit Aug 2020 #117

Trumps despise living things. Mike 03 Aug 2020 #5

But where's the gold? PatSeg Aug 2020 #6

It's fucking vandalism. dalton99a Aug 2020 #7

Why would you need a sidewalk there? Docreed2003 Aug 2020 #8

Exactly. dalton99a Aug 2020 #16

Melania's high heels JHB Aug 2020 #19

All that destruction to please the Slovenian sex worker dalton99a Aug 2020 #22

It's the destruction that pleases her. JHB Aug 2020 #27

You may be spot on, lol Docreed2003 Aug 2020 #38

Melania's high heels, and Donald's unsteady waddle. highplainsdem Aug 2020 #86

They needed it for the concrete to bury bodies, etc. Sanity Claws Aug 2020 #23

Because the covered sidewalk is like 10 feet from there underpants Aug 2020 #48

...in the "style" of her Xmas decorations. fierywoman Aug 2020 #81

"White" is the word you're looking for. nolabear Aug 2020 #110

Abominable!!!!! Sinistrous Aug 2020 #9

Won't that stir the anger of Abigail Adams' Ghost? progressive nobody Aug 2020 #10

Let the haunting begin! Sanity Claws Aug 2020 #26

We can only hope. JHB Aug 2020 #71

Malaria's renovation is ugly. Please, Jill, restore the Rose Garden. NCjack Aug 2020 #11

He kills everything he is around. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #12

Omfg! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #13

Typical sterile aesthetics favored by those with absolutely no soul. Siwsan Aug 2020 #14

Add it to the list of things to be fixed when the bloated orange maggot is gone. Vinca Aug 2020 #15

Paved paradise and put up a parking lot... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #17

Exactly my thought! Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #95

... BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #18

Will he allow drilling out front? LakeArenal Aug 2020 #20

No words just lagrimas. What can we expect from evil who cages children, rips babies from RestoreAmerica2020 Aug 2020 #21

Melania: "There! Now it's a proper runway. No obstructions." JHB Aug 2020 #24

I Thought Runway Too Me. Aug 2020 #29

Melania didn't do her "modeling" on a runway. Mr.Bill Aug 2020 #62

She's like her husband that way... JHB Aug 2020 #65

It's an old joke by now, but Melania got here on a Epstein visa not an Einstein visa. OMGWTF Aug 2020 #68

That's great. Mr.Bill Aug 2020 #77

But new to me! Funny! Thanks. fierywoman Aug 2020 #84

They take away beauty Polly Hennessey Aug 2020 #25

The crab apple trees were beautiful. demmiblue Aug 2020 #28

They were cherry blossom trees for which Washington, DC is famous. OMGWTF Aug 2020 #69

No, see my post #42 below. They were crababpples. JHB Aug 2020 #75

No, they were crabapple trees. n/t demmiblue Aug 2020 #79

Please Jill Biden Me. Aug 2020 #30

Melania's Stilettos get stuck in soil? Freethinker65 Aug 2020 #31

That was my take. JHB Aug 2020 #40

I read it's to make it more accessible to those with disabilities. nt Raine Aug 2020 #123

Doesnt that garden belong to we the people? XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #32

paved paradise and put in a plain sidewalk SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #33

👏 underpants Aug 2020 #47

I guess we should be lucky Melanie didn't install one of her Nightmare Before Christmas themes here The Genealogist Aug 2020 #34

Cherry trees ? Hmmmm ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #35

FRom my husband the horticulturalist: Zoonart Aug 2020 #36

And cost more money to replant 4 times a year catrose Aug 2020 #56

If Obama has done this Johnny2X2X Aug 2020 #37

Those trees were a gift from Japan edhopper Aug 2020 #39

The OP has it wrong, those are crababpple trees JHB Aug 2020 #42

Thanks for clarifying edhopper Aug 2020 #43

Yep. They took a flower garden and turned it into office-park landscaping. JHB Aug 2020 #45

I wonder were the access points to the tunnel are underpants Aug 2020 #51

Turns out Ivanka designed a totally original system for secret exits JHB Aug 2020 #59

Had those crabapple trees in our yard DeminPennswoods Aug 2020 #60

Were the crabapple trees in the 'before' pic those original trees? csziggy Aug 2020 #72

Not nesessarily... JHB Aug 2020 #83

Well, planting trees is best done in the winter so new crabapples could be planted in January csziggy Aug 2020 #99

Remember what sort of people were involved here JHB Aug 2020 #100

See my other post - it was done as a backdrop for Melania's RNC speech csziggy Aug 2020 #105

Does not negate what I said. JHB Aug 2020 #106

oops Dennis Donovan Aug 2020 #111

Concrete says tasteful garden and friendship to the Trumps. Progressive dog Aug 2020 #41

Now you got me wondering... intheflow Aug 2020 #53

I was expecting to see FraDon Aug 2020 #44

There are still roses there - the pic in the OP Twitter message is misleading csziggy Aug 2020 #101

How else are they going to plant the listening devices and spy cameras? chowder66 Aug 2020 #46

Don't any changes to the WH property have to procon Aug 2020 #49

So drab by comparison with what it was that the renovation is hideous. highplainsdem Aug 2020 #50

They should landscape with plants native to each U.S. state NameAlreadyTaken Aug 2020 #55

Each state has a different climate, sometimes radically so. Hekate Aug 2020 #74

OMG! It's horrible. Very sad. Now so cold and unwelcoming. Just like them. judesedit Aug 2020 #57

This sums it up spinbaby Aug 2020 #58

trumperfection - no damn roses, no damn garden, what's the problem?... bringthePaine Aug 2020 #61

The Trump Family motto whistler162 Aug 2020 #63

As a long-time member of the Arbor Day Foundation -- this SUCKS! OMGWTF Aug 2020 #64

Are they going for some sort of plantation-look? Or hotel courtyard? NurseJackie Aug 2020 #66

Hotel courtyard Hekate Aug 2020 #78

Zero taste. Zero class. They are the "Baroque Bordello" type of tacky. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #116

Why not go all the way.... grobertj Aug 2020 #67

and they'll be fawning all over it tonight at 7:00ET. a kennedy Aug 2020 #70

I'm willing to bet those cherry trees were gifts from a foreign country Botany Aug 2020 #73

article said they were crabapple Kali Aug 2020 #118

I really am a professional @ this stuff and I thought.. Botany Aug 2020 #121

I really hate to ever be in a position to defend them but Kali Aug 2020 #122

If they had planted some nice American Dogwoods .. Botany Aug 2020 #124

it does have a Guys Lawn Service look to it, hopefull JOE will fix it next spring LOL Kali Aug 2020 #125

Guy's Lawn Service Botany Aug 2020 #126

or those bent over geezer ass cutouts? Kali Aug 2020 #127

From fertility to sterility. amb123 Aug 2020 #76

Build Back Better BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #80

No matter how much money you have you can't buy time. Botany Aug 2020 #93

They got rid of the color Garion_55 Aug 2020 #82

They did the nostalgic Soviet Block motif to please Putin Snake Plissken Aug 2020 #85

Were the trees diseased? RVN VET71 Aug 2020 #87

Such bastards they are bdamomma Aug 2020 #88

I think the tRump crime family destroys any natural thing bigger than them AllyCat Aug 2020 #89

The trees were probably ready to be replaced, but the cement? As long as Putin likes it. The Wielding Truth Aug 2020 #90

Wow. What a shitty result. I'm surprised they didn't put some chain link in JDC Aug 2020 #91

Boy, there's money well spent. louis-t Aug 2020 #92

Morticia had a healthy respect for history. xmas74 Aug 2020 #104

Unbefuckinglievable! When are they going to paint the White House gold and put a stripper pole... George II Aug 2020 #94

I can't tell from the pic. Are there any roses left? KPN Aug 2020 #96

I don't buy it catchnrelease Aug 2020 #97

It's a stage set for him to campaign from ms liberty Aug 2020 #98

Apparently, Melanie is going to give a speech in the Rose Garden: demmiblue Aug 2020 #103

At least this is pretty easily fixable. As long as we beat Trump in November. n/t Crunchy Frog Aug 2020 #102

I think Melanie has a different reason for removing the trees mercuryblues Aug 2020 #107

The lawn looks like shit. They replaced the existing flower bed with an "easy maintenance" bed. haele Aug 2020 #108

the walk is stone and may ostensibly be to address some ADA issues Kali Aug 2020 #119

Fuckers destroy everything they touch Yeehah Aug 2020 #109

And I thought her Christmas decorations were hideous. This is permanent vandalism. catbyte Aug 2020 #112

Nice job, Melanoma! bif Aug 2020 #113

She got rid of the trees????? calimary Aug 2020 #114

The dark underbelly of the Midas Touch lunatica Aug 2020 #115

the walks are stone and might be to address some ADA issues Kali Aug 2020 #120

It will have to be UNinstalled. Cha Aug 2020 #128