The magnolia tree (left of center, with a silver trunk) dates between the late 1820s and the 1860s.

(FOX NEWS) – President Trump has announced the
plan to chop down the tree.

According to folklore, two trees were planted by Andrew Jackson
to honor his late wife Rachel.

President Trump said “this tree is in terrible condition, a very
dangerous safety  hazard, at the White House entrance, no
less, and must now be removed.”

Trump said the historic tree will be chopped down in coming
days, and replaced by another tree.

The president added: "The Historic wood from the tree will be
preserved by the White House Staff, and may be used for other
high and noble purposes!!!"

President Donald Trump-former President Andrew Jackson.

On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the
chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by a drifter named
John Hinckley Jr.

The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting
at the Washington Hilton Hotel and was walking with his
entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing among 
a group of reporters, fired six shots at the president, hitting
Reagan and three of his attendants.

White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot in the
head and critically wounded, Secret Service agent Timothy
McCarthy was shot in the side, and District of Columbia
policeman Thomas Delahanty was shot in the neck.

After firing the shots, Hinckley (below) was overpowered
and pinned against a wall, and President Reagan, apparently
unaware that he’d been shot, was shoved into his limousine
by a Secret Service agent and rushed to the hospital. 

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

The former convict will be 70 years old May 29th.

On March 28, 1979, one of the worst accidents in the history
of the U.S. nuclear power industry began when a pressure
valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close.

Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the
open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to
dangerously overheat.

The unharmed Unit-1 reactor at Three Mile Island, which was s
hut down during the crisis, did not resume operation until 1985.

Cleanup continued on Unit-2 until 1990, but it was too damaged
to be rendered usable again.        
    

President Jimmy Carter, second from left, visits the nuclear
plant near Harrisburg, Pa., USA, April 4, 1979.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and
one of the most highly regarded American generals of World War
II, died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 78.

             
MIKE GRACIA

Sir Elton Hercules John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) is a British
singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship
have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry,
and his songwriting partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin is
one of the most successful in history. John was the 19th
EGOT winner in history. He has sold over 300 million records
worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists
of all time. Elton John is 78 years old today.