I’m not going to insult you by telling you this is the most important story you’re going to read about today. But you know what is important? Putting Donald Trump in his place. So while it doesn’t compare to the war, the election, or the writer’s strike (had to get my plug in there), it’s always a little uplifting to learn that the Donald has been bitch slapped. Especially in a public forum.

It seems the Trump had hundreds of 10-foot-high ficus trees planted around his Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes California. He didn’t bother to get permission from the city (because why play fair or give a rip about anyone else when you’re Donald Trump) and blocked the ocean views of many of the club’s neighbor. This didn’t bother Donald of course, as he said he just planted the trees to block the view of the “unsightly” houses. Something tells me ocean view houses in Rancho Palos Verdes aren’t that unsightly. Maybe to the Donald, but his idea of beauty is Las Vegas-gold-and-marble everything. Have you ever seen pictures of the interiors of his homes? They look like the MGM Grand on crack.

The council is slated to take the final step of finding the hedge in violation of the property’s permit on Dec. 18, after which time Trump will have three weeks to remove the plantings. The real estate mogul said he would be relocating the ficus trees to another one of his properties, but expressed his displeasure with the city’s ruling.

“The city council should be ashamed of its decision,” Trump told the Torrance Daily Breeze. “It’s very sad that the town is willing to destroy this beautiful hedge. There’s no plant as beautiful as the ficus, and no plant that does the trick like the ficus.”

Mayor Doug Stern disagreed with Trump’s rave review of the ficus, indicating that as far as he was concerned, the sooner the trees were gone, the better. “I wish they could be out by Christmas, that would make a great Christmas present,” Stern said.

[From E! News]

Yeah I’m sure what Trump really cares about are the trees. He’s such an avid environmentalist after all. What he cares about is the public bruise to his ego. Can you imagine having to follow the same rules as everyone else and not being given special treatment for having millions of dollars and famously bad hair? Astounding! Seriously, the Donald is as out of touch with reality as it gets. Do you think there’s any way in hell he doesn’t know that everyone makes fun of his terrible hair? And yet has he ever made any effort to fix it? No. Because that would be giving in. Do I think there’s any chance he’ll actually cooperate and get rid of the trees? No, because that would also be giving in. Alright I know those don’t relate at all. But his hair is so bad that it’s beyond the point of funny – it actually makes me mad. When I see photos of him, I can feel my blood pressure rising in anger. Not that anyone could be so selfish, or so cocky, or so stupid. It bothers me that anyone could let himself have such bad hair. The rest I can get over, but that shit on his head is just inexcusable.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Donald and his current wife (until she has the nerve to age) Melania Trump at The Barrymore Theatre in New York City, on November 2nd. Is it me, or are they starting to look alike? They have a matching icy glare. Images thanks to PR Photos.