‘I’m very good at grass’: Why does Donald Trump keep talking about lawns?
President Trump will tell you the grass is always greener. And he means it.
The president frequently touts his knack for creating perfect lawns, bringing up grass in at least 45 public events or interviews over the past 18 months. That is at least once every 12 days.
Trump noted his ongoing enthusiasm for turf as recently as Monday, telling military spouses at a White House event: “Grass is like humans. It has a life.”
The commander-in-chief even turned his focus to the plant during an interview with The Spectator just five weeks after his second inauguration.
“You see the grass outside, right?” Trump asked. “Some people would like to leave it. But the problem is, you can’t.”
Trump’s mentions of grass have already far exceeded the 26 times he brought it up during his first four-year term.
However, his love for the plant goes back much further than that.
“I know a lot about grass because I own a lot of golf courses,” he said while announcing the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors last August. “And, if you don’t have good grass, you’re not in business very long.”
A week later, while visiting park police officers in Washington D.C., the president declared, “I know more about grass than any human being, I think, anywhere in the world.”
Trump’s background as a real estate developer also plays a role in his love for grass, as have his attempts to remake Washington, D.C., in his own image.
When asked about Trump’s D.C. renovations and love of grass, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told The Independent that “no other president has done more to beautify our Nation’s interior than President Trump.”
“From restoring our treasured landmarks, which had suffered years of abuse and vandalism, to cleaning our parks and the Reflecting Pool, President Trump’s bold vision ensured that America rang in its 250th birthday celebration with glory and pride,” Ingle continued.
Matt Koch, the lawns research fellow for gardening giant Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, met recently with the president to discuss planting new grass on the White House’s South Lawn.
Koch proudly considers himself a “grass nerd” and came away convinced Trump is an honorary one after speaking with him in the Oval Office.
