Also Speaking At The Big Green Shitshow - Former Oil Lobbyist, Former Coal Lobbyist, Bait Shop Owner
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In his address Monday, Trump positioned the Green New Deal as the Democratic alternative to his administration’s environmental policy, dramatically over-inflating the potential cost of the still-amorphous progressive plan and making unsubstantiated claims about the damage it would do to the economy.
After speaking for a few minutes, Trump introduced an array of administration officials — or, as he put it, “talented people that know environment” — and also Bruce Hroback, the owner of Billy Bones Bait and Tackle in Port St. Lucie, Florida, who praised Trump for cleaning up marine algae and other contaminants that had been affecting his business. “Trump 2020!” Hroback called into the microphone before leaving the lectern.
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According to Axios, at least two senior administration officials were surprised Trump agreed to give the speech on Monday given his general antipathy toward the environment. “I don’t know why we’d spend any time talking about their issue,” one of them said, referring to Democrats, who have largely embraced tackling the climate crisis. The other attributed the decision to the urging of his daughter and adviser, Ivanka. The New York Times reported that the idea for a speech on the environment came by way of members of his re-election campaign who fear Trump’s subpar environmental record is hurting him among key demographics.
But it’s unlikely anyone on the fence about the Trump’s approach to the environment would have been swayed by his speech on Monday. As he praised his administration’s record, Washington, D.C., was flooded, the result of a torrential downpour that hit the area earlier that day.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-is-desperately-trying-to-spin-his-abysmal-record-on-the-environment-856318/