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The president has called Lafayette Square \u201cthe entrance to the White House.\u201d Contractors have been renovating the park for months and are likely to miss Trump\u2019s original goal of reopening before July 4.<\/strong><\/p>

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The fountains in Lafayette Square, seen running June 23. (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Under Trump\u2019s plans for Lafayette Square, which he has previously described as \u201cthe entrance to the White House,\u201d the public park would feature 47 trees, matching his status as the nation\u2019s 47th president, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to detail the administration\u2019s plans for the park. The trees would all be maples, a favorite of the president\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The park has historically contained several dozen trees, although some have been taken out during renovations. It\u2019s unclear how many additional trees Trump would plant to get to 47 and whether he would remove any existing trees as part of his effort. Officials cautioned that as with Trump\u2019s other building and design projects \u2014 which they have acknowledged he has tended to micromanage \u2014 nothing is final until the president formally announces it.<\/p>\n

Lafayette Square is just north of the White House complex and, as part of President\u2019s Park<\/a>, is managed by the National Park Service. Contractors have been renovating<\/a> the park since January, and Trump has extolled their work to fix the park\u2019s fountains and overhaul its grounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you walk across the street to Lafayette Park, you\u2019ll see something that\u2019s incredible,\u201d Trump said in the Oval Office on June 3. \u201cWe\u2019ll have it open before July Fourth.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not likely to happen \u2014 the park is not on target to open until at least August, according to the people with knowledge of the park\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n

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Snow covers Lafayette Square in December. (Peter W. Stevenson\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The White House and the Interior Department declined to comment on <\/b>Trump\u2019s plans for Lafayette Square, the project\u2019s funding and when the park would reopen. The administration is also planning to install<\/a> a new fence on two sides of the park, a security measure long sought by the Secret Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to President Trump, Lafayette Park is finally being restored to its former glory on behalf of the American people,\u201d Taylor Rogers, a White House spokeswoman, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project in Lafayette Park is well overdue, and we are grateful the President is prioritizing such an iconic space ahead of America\u2019s 250th,\u201d the Interior Department said in a statement. \u201cThe way this contract was awarded is above board.\u201d<\/p>

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The president\u2019s plans to memorialize his presidency in tree form, which have not previously been reported, represent one more way that Trump is seeking to put his imprint on the White House and its grounds. Trump has torn down<\/a> the East Wing to begin building his planned ballroom, paved over the Rose Garden, installed new statues<\/a>, and overhauled<\/a> the Palm Room and the colonnade outside the West Wing, among other projects.<\/p>\n

Trump has claimed that he made a multimillion-dollar contribution to Lafayette Square\u2019s renovations, but he has not provided evidence of his gift. The administration has not publicly posted contracting documents for the project. The administration also did not present its plans for Lafayette Square to federal review panels before beginning its work.<\/p>\n

Trump, a real estate developer before entering politics, has a long history of picking out trees for his projects and has expressed particular fondness for maple trees.<\/p>\n

He planted<\/a> a maple on the White House\u2019s South Lawn in April 2020 as part of a ceremony marking Earth Day and Arbor Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a beautiful straight trunk,\u201d Trump said, admiring the tree. \u201cThat\u2019s a triple-A tree. That\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four years later, Trump praised maple trees during a round of golf with professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have the nicest trees in the country,\u201d Trump said in the video, which was organized as part of his presidential campaign that year. \u201cLook at that. That\u2019s a maple right there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRegime Change,\u201d a new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, also describes a scene earlier this year in which Trump\u2019s desk in the Oval Office contained printouts of maple trees he was ordering for the White House.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know how to buy good trees. Maples,\u201d Trump told the reporters, according to the book.<\/p>

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