"Convincing Mr Trump of this fact is now an urgent and daunting challenge."
By appointing Myron Ebell to lead the transition at the EPA, Mr Trump has made it clear he's made up his mind.
Personnel is policy.
By appointing Myron Ebell to lead the transition at the EPA, Mr Trump has made it clear he's made up his mind.
Personnel is policy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Mjy9ETtRY
I'm not sure how hes supposed to give a damn what they say.
U.S.C. Article Two, Section 1 needs changes but that won't happen with constitutional purists currently in power.
Chavez wrecked Venezuela in part by trying to "purge the insiders." That never works. Problem is that the insiders know everything and have all the skills and expertise.
Chavez was a left-populist and Trump is a right-populist, but history seems to show similar outcomes for populists of any type.
I'm keen to see how Trump evolves as his presidency progresses.
Let's see how he goes after the DoD and other TLAs[1] have told him how it's going to be.
1. Three Letter Agencies
So even if the DoD makes some headway in getting Trump to change his mind, Congress will be right there to try to change it back. Considering Trump's history of public statements on climate change, I suspect that Congress will have the easier task in the struggle with the DoD:
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/26400729697001881...
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/26401012910666547...
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/26589529219124838...
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Edit: fixed tweet list order so they should be chronological
Climate change is happening and some of it is due to humans. I doubt Trump disagrees with that. Shipping 'dirty' business to overseas does not help the planet.
No policy is going to fix climate change. Technology maybe.
Rand Paul has already come out publicly against a couple of names floated for Secretary of State and is making noise that 2 or 3 other Senators (enough) are also concerned.
I don't really like Rand Paul, but at the moment I'm pretty glad that he actually has a coherent and strong ideology.
Well no. The people voted in Clinton, and the Electoral College upweighted some votes and downweighted others in a way that favors Trump. The EC once had a distinct purpose, but right now just seems to give Republicans a structural advantage, to the ultimate detriment of Democrats and Democrat-leaners in small or rural states.
I agree that it is not healthy that ~10-12 states have higher importance in the presidential election, but it would be rather similar in a straight popular election.
An intermediate step would be to increase the size of the House of Representatives.
And Americans vote in even fewer numbers for the non-presidential candidates. So it'd be almost the fringe that would be voting for cabinet members, were that possible.
Most Americans want action on climate by a pretty wide margin. I double this person would be elected if it was put to a vote.
And he wants to dismantle the Paris Agreement.
Through CEI, Ebell has stated his belief that global warming is a hoax, that most of the data predicting climate change is false, and that the scientific consensus was "phony".
Trump supporters are usually the most vocal opponents to the climate change campaign, but like all people they will perform mental gymnastics to agree with their champion for a linited amount of time.
Through that (albeit ridiculously optimistic) lens, it's a golden opportunity.