Macron to Send New Tree to Trump After Oak Gift Died

Macron to Send New Tree to Trump After Oak Gift Died
President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shovel dirt onto a freshly planted oak tree as Brigitte Macron and first lady Melania Trump watch during a tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on April 23, 2018. Steve Holland/Reuters
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PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron downplayed the death of an oak tree he had offered President Donald Trump last year on June 11, saying people shouldn’t read symbols into everything and that he would send the American leader a new tree.

The two men celebrated the special relationship between the United States and France during Macron’s state visit in April 2018 to Washington by planting the oak sapling on the grounds of the White House.