Trump: "Nobody really knows if climate change is real"

[RoxMonster]

Jesus Christ.


www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/11/trump-says-nobody-really-knows-if-climate-change-is-real/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.822bf441c899

He is "studying" whether or not U.S. should pull out of Paris agreement.

[bowies]

Translation: He doesn't care because there's a ton of money to be made in Russian oil fields. He's studying whether it's a bigger PITA to exit the Paris agreement or to just ignore it.

[abs]

Also he doesn't care because it won't affect him 20 years from now.

Idiot.

[scout8]

Why do he and many Republicans insist on claiming that climate change isn't real??? Just tell us the truth. It's real, but you don't give a shit as it is more important to make money than try to save our planet. I still wouldn't agree with you, but at least you wouldn't look like a complete fucking idiot.

[al320]

I just saw this on twitter

I hate this. I hate everything about what hes doing. The lack of factual basis. The bullshit that people just believe. How everyone isnt terrified how EVERY SINGLE MOVE hes made is to support his business interests is so shockingly sad and awful to me. Im so done, and he isnt even in office yet.

[cville]

Everyone knows that climate change is real, you fucking nitwit.

[aurora]

Dec 11, 2016 14:42:22 GMT -5 cville said:

Everyone knows that climate change is real, you fucking nitwit.

But we're post-fact now, so nothing is truly real. Everything is based on opinion, and all opinions are equally valid.

[W.T.Faulkner]

It appears we're down to hoping he has a heart attack and dies on January 19.

[sparrowsong]

Dec 11, 2016 14:46:50 GMT -5 aurora said:

Dec 11, 2016 14:42:22 GMT -5 cville said:

Everyone knows that climate change is real, you fucking nitwit.

But we're post-fact now, so nothing is truly real. Everything is based on opinion, and all opinions are equally valid.

It's taking that expression that "reality has a liberal bias" to a whole other level. 

[biscoffcookies]

Dec 11, 2016 14:37:19 GMT -5 scout8 said:

Why do he and many Republicans insist on claiming that climate change isn't real??? Just tell us the truth. It's real, but you don't give a shit as it is more important to make money than try to save our planet. I still wouldn't agree with you, but at least you wouldn't look like a complete fucking idiot.

+1000. And some of it I think is pandering - they represent people who are deniers on thr conservative side and so fear losing votes if they are seen as echoing the "liberal" view.

But I also believe that some people are deniers because they would rather not believe the truth. Climate change and its ramifications are scary - so when there was someone out there being like "nah not real everything is totes fine!" they were like "yeah I like that version, let's go with that" because they could sleep better. So, cowards, not liars.

[timorousbeastie]

In the words of two of my favorite scientists:



In my own words, eff you, Trump!

[isabel]

Dec 11, 2016 14:48:15 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

It appears we're down to hoping he has a heart attack and dies on January 19.

Or gets assassinated. I truly would not be sorry and don't really care if it's flameful.

[al320]

I cant let this go.

THATS NOT HOW SCIENCE WORKS!!

it makes me so angry that, as a country, we are so stupid people buy this moronic rhetoric.

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

Dec 11, 2016 14:56:21 GMT -5 isabel said:

Dec 11, 2016 14:48:15 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

It appears we're down to hoping he has a heart attack and dies on January 19.

Or gets assassinated. I truly would not be sorry and don't really care if it's flameful.

So he can be a Nazi martyr? 

No. 

Let him fuck something up and resign in disgrace, a la Nixon (though Nixon was a smart very, very flawed man...Trump is a disgraceful nitwit, he would never resign) 

[Jalapeñomel]

By nobody, does he mean him? Because I know it's real.

[smock]

Dec 11, 2016 14:37:19 GMT -5 scout8 said:

Why do he and many Republicans insist on claiming that climate change isn't real??? Just tell us the truth. It's real, but you don't give a shit as it is more important to make money than try to save our planet. I still wouldn't agree with you, but at least you wouldn't look like a complete fucking idiot.

Because if libruls are for it, Republicans are against it! (Oh, and the money thing. That, too.)

[miniroller]

Dec 11, 2016 14:21:09 GMT -5 RoxMonster said:

Jesus Christ.


www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/11/trump-says-nobody-really-knows-if-climate-change-is-real/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.822bf441c899

He is "studying" whether or not U.S. should pull out of Paris agreement.

I don't think he understands what the word "study" means, but has heard respected people do it before decision-making 😒

[sparrowsong]

Dec 11, 2016 15:45:09 GMT -5 miniroller said:

Dec 11, 2016 14:21:09 GMT -5 RoxMonster said:

Jesus Christ.


www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/11/trump-says-nobody-really-knows-if-climate-change-is-real/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.822bf441c899

He is "studying" whether or not U.S. should pull out of Paris agreement.

I don't think he understands what the word "study" means, but has heard respected people do it before decision-making 😒

He's like the anti-vaxxers who have "done their research" meaning they read some memes on their fb feed. His "studying" will be twitter-centered.

[pixy0stix]

I WAS TRYING TO NOT BE ANGRY TODAY!

[kicks]

Dec 11, 2016 14:56:53 GMT -5 al320 said:

I cant let this go.

THATS NOT HOW SCIENCE WORKS!!

it makes me so angry that, as a country, we are so stupid people buy this moronic rhetoric.

I wish everyone who were the idiots that didn't believe in science and climate change didn't go to the damn doctors. I'm certain that would decrease our healthcare spending and make my job a lot easier!

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

Dec 11, 2016 19:58:33 GMT -5 mr+ms said:

Dec 11, 2016 15:22:40 GMT -5 Miss Phryne Fisher said:

So he can be a Nazi martyr? 

No. 

Let him fuck something up and resign in disgrace, a la Nixon (though Nixon was a smart very, very flawed man...Trump is a disgraceful nitwit, he would never resign) 

I want to know what he can fuck up where it will actually matter and lead to action and his removal. Asking seriously. Because so far, what has he NOT fucked up? Any single thing he's said or done would be political death for anyone else. Yet his followers are like a bunch of lemmings* happily advancing towards the edge of a cliff. I'm ready for them to reach the edge already.

*apparently lemming suicide was totally made up by Disney. But they do eat each other when hangry, so that would work here as well.SaveSave

Yes, good point, but I don't want this motherfucker deified for future generations. I guess the problem with the Nixon comparison is that Nixon was capable of feeling shame. Rock/Hardplace here. 

[tessalb]

Scientists do! Scientists do! SCIENTISTS DO!

[compassrose]

Well, the 'good' news is that the arctic is so warm that it's not predicted by any model we have-- so if it keeps up, Greenland might melt while Trump is president, and then we'll have to build a wall to keep Trump tower from becoming an island.

arctic-news.blogspot.com/
nsidc.org/cryosphere/quickfacts/icesheets.html

[Dig Ophelia]

Dec 11, 2016 14:56:21 GMT -5 isabel said:

Dec 11, 2016 14:48:15 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

It appears we're down to hoping he has a heart attack and dies on January 19.

Or gets assassinated. I truly would not be sorry and don't really care if it's flameful.

A few of the astrologers I follow had correctly predicted that Trump would win the election, and they had also predicted at the same time that he will be assassinated, or in the very least that there will be an attempt.  

So...here's hoping?  LOL 

[Dig Ophelia]

You don't have to believe in climate change, Trump. But it sure believes in you -- and in your children -- and in your grandchildren. And it knows where you live.  And it's coming after you.   And every other dumb climate denying motherfucker out there.

Mother Nature suffers no fools.


And just because it's one of my favorites, I'm putting it here.  
Feels relevant when discussing science and the simps who deny it.

[sonrisa]

He also doesn't know who David Duke is. Or what the alt-right is. But does know Bannon doesn't have any connection to whatever it is.

The things he says he doesn't know but does could fill a book.

The things he actually doesn't know but pretends he does could fill a library.

[sonrisa]

Dec 11, 2016 14:48:15 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

It appears we're down to hoping he has a heart attack and dies on January December 19.

ftfy

[lahoagie]

Dec 11, 2016 20:22:51 GMT -5 tessalb said:

Scientists do! Scientists do! SCIENTISTS DO!

And to be factually correct, scientist don't "believe" in climate change. They have done studies that prove that climate change is happening.

Not picking on you, but this drives my husband who has a PhD in physics crazy. Scientist don't "believe" in anything. They do the research and the facts lead to their assertions.

[satsuma]

Dec 12, 2016 0:33:12 GMT -5 lahoagie said:

Dec 11, 2016 20:22:51 GMT -5 tessalb said:

Scientists do! Scientists do! SCIENTISTS DO!

And to be factually correct, scientist don't "believe" in climate change. They have done studies that prove that climate change is happening.

Not picking on you, but this drives my husband who has a PhD in physics crazy. Scientist don't "believe" in anything. They do the research and the facts lead to their assertions.

Same when people talk about "believing" in evolution. 

[Michelle]

I had nightmares all night long that I was camping at Elephant Butte lake in Nm and suddenly large chunks of ice with turquoise bases started sweeping through (it is a river fed lake that is dammed). I got trapped on a houseboat alone while my family was on another. And the wate started rising around me since I was tied to a marina. I untied before the boat flooded and started floating away. As I got to the wide open lake I saw before me a huge section of glacier ice that had traveled down from Montana and was destroying everything in its wake.

For those who don't know, elephant butte is located in Truth or Consequences, NM.

Climate change nightmares. Just the tip of the iceberg for a Trump presidency. Thanks Donald.