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This is from the man who thinks that US generals are inept and don't understand ISIS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Mjy9ETtRY

I'm not sure how hes supposed to give a damn what they say.

I know. In the past whether it was a republican or a democrat administration, they have always taken the counsel of the DOD very seriously. But like many things after this consequential election, the country is in uncharted territory. The US has always had a president with past government leadership or military experience.

U.S.C. Article Two, Section 1 needs changes but that won't happen with constitutional purists currently in power.

I've seen lots of comparisons of Trump and Hitler, Mussolini, or Franco. Personally I'm seeing more parallels to Hugo Chavez.

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.

His babble about purging the insiders is all noise. Observe his list of likely cabinet picks.

That's it.

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

Congress has been trying to put restrictions on the DoD prohibiting them from using any money to address climate change. For instance, the Navy wants to start preparing its bases for rising sea levels, but Congress is trying to stop that (the base preparation, that is, not the rising sea levels).

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...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/27062860981797683...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/31474447982120550...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/31625201619005440...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/31937728568793907...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/32678179234029977...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/32687452457652633...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/32687562896611737...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/33425433511658700...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/33842934264642355...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/33844829602251161...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/33897838163698483...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/34997329988905779...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/34997384522826956...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/40221753675195187...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/40442009511371571...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/40750593877475737...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/40801845136276684...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/40838030220644352...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/40897761692683059...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/40898378983081574...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/41215967404229427...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/41216206898987417...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/41653970209605222...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/41690900498484428...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/41781603510729932...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/41781839282623283...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/41854213789949132...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/42033388259746611...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/42281959312025600...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/42317918219810406...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/42722642498738585...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/42755669210957414...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/42841640628024115...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/42841832366016512...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/42895438291522355...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/43101867469544243...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/43539308838388940...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/43557404335461171...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/44081115128348672...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/45096479198597120...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/47566899392821248...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/48881360795875737...

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https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/48892600622528512...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/48938185135031910...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/49393581520704307...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/51224620396761907...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/52186235121857331...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/53510273583077376...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/56802153313171865...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/56838779892496384...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/65338538152680652...

Edit: fixed tweet list order so they should be chronological

Please don't post spammy messages like this on HN.

In a discussion of climate change, on a subdiscussion about whether or not the DoD can convince Trump that it is real, how exactly is posting a list of a large number of Trump's tweets on climate change "spammy"?

You posted a literal wall of text that makes the comment section impossible to read. That's spammy in my book. Five examples would have been more than sufficient; do you really think some masochist was going to click through every single one?

I'll worry when Leo stops using his private jet. Goalposts move all the time and the end is here in every tenth year or so.

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.

I think 5 of the most egregious tweets would have been sufficient.

Exactly. I'm wondering how that circle is going to be squared. It can be done, though.