# What is Trump's Tree? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366 "2017-03-17T01:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/1 "2017-03-17T01:06:35Z")
So, yesterday President Trump visited Andrew Jackson’s home and the [question](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/opinion/trump-channels-old-hickory.html?_r=0) was posed - if Jackson is ‘Old Hickory’, what tree best describes President Trump? What does the Dope think? (Here is a [list](http://www.treesofnorthamerica.net) of North American Trees) I think I would go with Orange Oak. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/2 "2017-03-17T01:09:16Z")
A shoe tree. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/3 "2017-03-17T01:18:18Z")
Balsa. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/4 "2017-03-17T01:20:35Z")
A Weeping Willow: storms might shred them of limbs and leaves (companies and foundations) but they still stand. And we weep as he flails and flays us. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/5 "2017-03-17T01:21:01Z")
Piss Pine immediately sprang to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/6 "2017-03-17T01:32:43Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > (Here is a [list](http://www.treesofnorthamerica.net) of North American Trees) _Pinus pungens_ ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/7 "2017-03-17T01:41:11Z")
\*‘_Old Hemlock_’ \* And for Hillary, ‘_Old Shadblow_’, in tribute to Dryden’s vision of the poet Shadwell. Mitt Romney: ‘ **Old Mitten Tree** ’. Barack Obama: ‘_Old Slippery Elm_’. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/8 "2017-03-17T01:41:50Z")
Devil’s Walking Stick ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/9 "2017-03-17T01:41:52Z")
We know he didn’t win the poplar vote. _leaves rapidly_ ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/10 "2017-03-17T01:55:08Z")
A fire hydrant? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/11 "2017-03-17T01:57:31Z")
Nutty Pine ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/12 "2017-03-17T02:04:55Z")
Bigotry. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/13 "2017-03-17T02:06:12Z")
Whatever tree he cocks his leg against - that one is his! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/14 "2017-03-17T02:22:02Z")
Anything as long as it’s bonsai. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/15 "2017-03-17T03:08:40Z")
He’s not a tree, he’s Dutch Elm Disease. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/16 "2017-03-17T05:00:37Z")
Poison Oak. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/17 "2017-03-17T05:05:15Z")
Princess Flower tree. Very showy with purple flowers. Grows like a weed and constantly sheds both leaves and flowers until you can’t see the ground for the detritus. It’s an evergreen, so there’s no season of the year when it isn’t shedding. It’s the kind of plant I call [meretricious](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/meretricious?s=t). ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/18 "2017-03-17T06:32:22Z")
Swamp Hickory ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/19 "2017-03-17T13:20:58Z")
Kudzu. ---
**Author:** ![maniondl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@maniondl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maniondl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366/20 "2017-03-17T15:00:42Z")
Can we reclassify slime mold as a kind of tree? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-tree/782366.md?page=2)