'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?

[DBoon]

1. is he going to paint the trees gold too?

[Sneederbunk]

2. Then again, we will only need to chop down one.

[Wiz Imp]

3. No. He didn't put "Welcome, but be good!" on the passports.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-passport-design-independence-reactions-b3004326.html
Trump’s new passport design of him looming in front of Declaration of Independence draws horrified reactions

A new passport design featuring Donald Trump, unveiled by the president in a social media post, has been met with alarm over its “creepy dictatorial vibe”, with some critics pointing out that the slogan suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of who the document is actually for.

Trump shared a sneak peek of the limited-edition America250 design passport on Truth Social Friday. “The U.S.A.’s New Passport, which says, ‘Welcome, but be good!’ President DJT,” he wrote.

The design features a glowering Trump at the Resolute Desk in front of the text of the Declaration of Independence. The image appears to be based on an Oval Office portrait that replaced an earlier likeness of Trump at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery last July. However the words “Welcome, but be good!” do not appear to be anywhere on the passport pages shown in the images posted.

A U.S. passport is issued exclusively to American citizens for international travel — not to foreign visitors entering the country — so the “welcome” message sparked confusion online. “Putting aside the creepy dictatorial vibe, it’s either hilarious or terrifying that Donald Trump clearly doesn’t know who passports are for,” commentator Tim Wise wrote on X.