"It's crystal clean, has to be crystal clean clear."

[dajoki]

Donald Trump tells Prince Charles US has 'clean climate'
President blames other countries for environmental crisis, in long talk with prince
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/05/donald-trump-tells-prince-charles-us-is-clean-on-climate-change?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVUy0xOTA2MDU%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&CMP=GTUS_email

Prince Charles spent 75 minutes longer than scheduled trying to convince Donald Trump of the dangers of global heating, but the president still insisted the US was “clean” and blamed other nations for the crisis.

Trump told ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Wednesday he had been due to meet the Prince of Wales for 15 minutes during his state visit, but the discussion went on for 90 minutes – during which the prince did “most of the talking”.

Trump said: “He is really into climate change and I think that’s great. What he really wants and what he really feels warmly about is the future. He wants to make sure future generations have climate that is good climate, as opposed to a disaster, and I agree.”

But Trump said he pushed back at the suggestion the US should do more.

He said: “I did say, ‘Well, the United States right now has among the cleanest climates there are based on all statistics.’ And it’s even getting better because I agree with that we want the best water, the cleanest water. It’s crystal clean, has to be crystal clean clear.”

Trump added: “China, India, Russia, many other nations, they have not very good air, not very good water, and the sense of pollution. If you go to certain cities … you can’t even breathe, and now that air is going up … They don’t do the responsibility.”

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[malaise]

1. To be kind

The Con is a fucking moron

[Lochloosa]

3. That was way to diplomatic.

[Zoonart]

4. A royal understatement.

[gratuitous]

2. Charles, talking to Donald, runs this over and over in his mind

[blm]

11. 👍🏼

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Imagine having to sit and listen to that stone cold idiot's view on well, ANYTHING.

[hatrack]

6. Crystal Blue Persuasion? Crystal Meth?

Whatever.

[mopinko]

7. brain damaged.

unfit.

[spanone]

8. the world knows a bullshitter when they see one.

trump is so far over his head he shames us all

[maxsolomon]

33. this.

he lies to hide his ignorance.
he lies to duck the question.
he lies to change the subject.
he lies to confuse the issue.
he lies to gish gallop.
he lies to trigger the interviewer.
he lies for fun.

every lie is pathetic and transparent.

it is pathological.
it is sociopathic.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. He doesn't have a clue.

[mcar]

10. Good on Chaz for trying

[dawg day]

12. Can you imagine how frustrating that would be.

Prince Charles is, I'm sure, impeccably courteous, but you know he wanted to say, "Crystal clear water? Can we ask Flint about that?"

[dawg day]

13. And he really can't be so stupid (Trump I mean) to think that the problem is water pollution?

It's not how dirty or clean our specific environment is. It's how much carbon we consume and emit. But he knows that. He just doesn't care. His grandchildren will grow up to a devastated environment, but what does he care about them?

[maxsolomon]

34. he's smart enough to change the topic.

its an old grifter trick.

never get pinned down.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. Trump hates to be lectured to.

But good for Prince Charles for really trying.

[Ohiogal]

15. What an embarrassment he is.

“We want a good climate as opposed to a climate that is a disaster.”

Uugghh he talks like a seven year old!

[dajoki]

16. My three grandsons...

have a better vocabulary than him and they are eleven, nine and seven years old.

[Dave Starsky]

19. There's a border collie named Chaser that knows 1,022 words.

That's about 500 more words than Trump.

[tblue37]

22. Do they "do responsibility"? nt

[dajoki]

37. Yes they do n/t

[tblue37]

38. I wasn't really asking about your kids--just snarking about Trump's ridiculous phrasing. nt

[dajoki]

39. Yeah but I'm so proud of them n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. He's talking about now-defunct Trump Ice Bottled Water.

And also--presumably--Trump Wind Bottled Air, which died in production but no one ever bothered to tell him.

[Cracklin Charlie]

18. Sounds like a 5 year old.

The Prince has some experience dealing with toddlers.

[PA Democrat]

20. WTF is a "clean climate"???

Does the moron not understand that climate is a global phenomenon that does not recognize international borders?

His gross ignorance is astounding.

[Dave Starsky]

24. It's obvious, as usual, that he doesn't know WTF he's talking about.

I'm sure that, with all of the TV he watches, he never once happened on an episode of Beakman's World or Bill Nye The Science Guy.

[Ohiogal]

21. "That air is going up..." "We have a clean climate..."

When will this nightmare ever end? When will we have someone in the White House who doesn't speak like a seven year old? And I dont' mean to insult seven year olds .....

[Lars39]

23. He just blathers on in his conman way of talking.

[Solly Mack]

25. Idiot.

Trump's spoken thoughts are like boiling hot shit producing bubbles. A smelly gaseous burp of gross.

[ProudLib72]

26. We got there through beautiful, clean coal

... and hamberders.

[Yavin4]

27. I thought that it had to be Crystal Gayle. n/t

[ismnotwasm]

28. "Warmly about"?

Fucking ass breather.

[area51]

29. Donnie: "It's crystal clean, has to be crystal clean clear."

More Donnie word salad; he's way in over his head. The Prince would've had an easier time trying to educate a brick wall.

[yonder]

30. Who even talks like that?

Oh wait, I know.

Absolutely disgraceful.

[Judi Lynn]

32. As he has mentioned, he has "the best words."

[Hassler]

31. The Lout and the Prince, a children's book series about how to talk to morons.

[dalton99a]

35. Denmark, S.C.

Flint, Mich.

etc.

https://amp.businessinsider.com/cities-worst-tap-water-us-2019-3

[jcgoldie]

36. "... you can't even breathe, and now that air is going up ... They don't do the responsibility."

This nonsense is Palinesque.