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Kid Berwyn

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34. European trees are more explosive than American.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 10:03 AM

Sep 2020

The head of state of a forested European nation told him.

He said, “We have trees that are far more explosive…” — he meant “explosive” in terms of fire — “…but we have trees that are more explosive they have in California, and we don’t have any problem because we manage our forests.” So we have to do that in California, too.

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-air-force-one-arrival-mcclellan-park-ca/

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Trump on California wildfires: 'Tree go BOOM' [View all] bigtree Sep 2020 OP

he's such an idiot Demovictory9 Sep 2020 #1

Make it stop. Solly Mack Sep 2020 #2

I know. KentuckyWoman Sep 2020 #24

Yes! It feels like that. Solly Mack Sep 2020 #25

. . . the fuck . . . . hatrack Sep 2020 #3

genius IcyPeas Sep 2020 #4

Donald Trump Dendrologist Botany Sep 2020 #5

Just makes your head want to explode Wellstone ruled Sep 2020 #6

Now he considers himself the world's leading authority on forestry Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #7

Was it a bigtree? MagickMuffin Sep 2020 #8

I'm petrified bigtree Sep 2020 #9

You wood say that . . . hatrack Sep 2020 #10

leaf it alone bigtree Sep 2020 #15

Yes, I'm getting board by it all. Totally Tunsie Sep 2020 #30

I am sure it went BOOM bigly! LisaL Sep 2020 #13

he's confused, his handlers told him onethatcares Sep 2020 #19

Tree go boom. Lol! liberal N proud Sep 2020 #11

So now the problem is exploding trees? You can't make this shit up. Arkansas Granny Sep 2020 #12

Not to mention all those leaves on the forest floor. Botany Sep 2020 #17

Sheer stupidity. gademocrat7 Sep 2020 #14

I... I got nothing. Initech Sep 2020 #16

Ah yes, the 18 month exploding tree syndrome... LuckyCharms Sep 2020 #18

Eucalyptus trees do explode in fires. SamKnause Sep 2020 #20

This was shown in the 1991 Oakland Hills fire Retrograde Sep 2020 #21

Thanks for your input. SamKnause Sep 2020 #22

What species? Retrograde Sep 2020 #23

I couldn't find the specific name for the ones grown commercially but I included a link. SamKnause Sep 2020 #27

Thanks: differnent species Retrograde Sep 2020 #32

Developers have planted vast plantations of Eucalyptus in Thailand grantcart Sep 2020 #26

Thanks for the info. SamKnause Sep 2020 #28

They can have all of our California eucalypti. They are not only flammable, but fall down go boom... Hekate Sep 2020 #29

This was 20 years ago, at the time environmentalists were alarmed at grantcart Sep 2020 #33

"... they just explode." area51 Sep 2020 #31

European trees are more explosive than American. Kid Berwyn Sep 2020 #34

Trump wanted to make sure he got across that our trees are much more explosive bigtree Sep 2020 #35

Could that be Photoshopped? Kid Berwyn Sep 2020 #36