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applegrove

(118,718 posts)
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 07:14 PM Mar 2019

Trump Adviser Acknowledges Climate Change Threat

Trump Adviser Acknowledges Climate Change Threat

https://politicalwire.com/2019/03/01/trump-adviser-acknowledges-climate-change-threat/

March 1, 2019 at 3:32 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 43 Comments

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White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNN that he believes climate change could threaten economic growth.

“It’s a position that puts him at odds with the Trump administration and the President himself, who has openly questioned whether the climate is warming at all.”

Said Hassett: “It’s something people should take seriously and think about.”

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Trump Adviser Acknowledges Climate Change Threat (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2019 OP
Is your resume up to date, Cold War Spook Mar 2019 #1
Yeah. Curiouser and curiouser. applegrove Mar 2019 #2
Bye Kevin durablend Mar 2019 #3
Has he been fired yet? eom guillaumeb Mar 2019 #4
Is this like the GOP recent flip on the death penalty? They figured too applegrove Mar 2019 #5
Normalcy in the Trump administration makes news. rickford66 Mar 2019 #6
Thanks a lot, SHITLER Advisor!1 UTUSN Mar 2019 #7
I foresee Mr. Hassett possibly being involuntarily introduced to... JHB Mar 2019 #8

applegrove

(118,718 posts)
5. Is this like the GOP recent flip on the death penalty? They figured too
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 07:57 PM
Mar 2019

many Americans are negatively effected by climate change to deny it anymore? That they need a bigger base and reconnection to them. The death penalty thing was to reconnect to religious right when they would not make abortion illegal despite owning three branches of government I think.

JHB

(37,161 posts)
8. I foresee Mr. Hassett possibly being involuntarily introduced to...
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 09:01 PM
Mar 2019

...a bus' undercarriage in the near future.

Probably metaphorically, it'll depend on who makes a stink about it directly to Il Doofy.

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