Trump can't hedge on this

Donald Trump's hedge is history.

The Rancho Palos Verdes (Calif.) City Council has voted unanimously to order the celebrity mogul to remove a 10-foot-high hedge of ficus trees planted earlier this year at his Trump National Golf Club without city permission.

The council will take final action Dec. 18. Trump will then have three weeks to remove the hedge.

Hundreds of ficus trees were planted to screen the driving range from nearby homes but neighbors complained that some of them blocked their multimillion-dollar ocean views.

"I wish they could be out by Christmas, that would make a great Christmas present," Mayor Doug Stern said this week.

"The city council should be ashamed of its decision," Trump told the Daily Breeze of Torrance. "It's very sad that the town is willing to destroy this beautiful hedge. There's no plant as beautiful as the ficus."

However, Trump said he would remove the hedge and plant the ficus trees on another of his properties.