WTF? Al Gore walks through Trump Tower lobby to meet with Ivanka Trump on climate change

[kpete]

https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/805810468619218944

[TreasonousBastard]

1. So?

[still_one]

2. I actually have no problem with that because Gore is NOT going to compromise on that

I think the meeting will amount to zilch though

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. He's the Lorax talking to the Onceler. nt

[still_one]

16. That is so right on........

[smirkymonkey]

3. So is Ivanka Trump the de-facto President Elect now?

I'm sorry, but she is getting a little too close for comfort.

[NightWatcher]

4. Or his consigliere

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. So Trump's spoiled, self-entitled daughter is their key pointwoman on climate change? Why?

Oh, I know why.

Because they don't actually care about climate change.

Don't waste your time, Al. Unless you want to buy some jewelry, I don't think she's really going to care what you have to say.

[exboyfil]

12. Maybe she actually gives a damn about her kids

Who may live to see 2100. If she is convinced, then I think she can convince her father.

Nothing is going to change the fact that Trump will be President on January 20th. You have to work with what you got. Flipping one state might happen, but not three. You will not get enough faithless electors either even if Trump was hypothetically proven to be a murdering pedophile between now and Dec. 19th.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. I'm not upset at Al Gore for trying. But I see it as futile.

And I think it's pathetic that he has to go to Trump's daughter to discuss climate change while the EPA head will almost certainly be someone who will not environmentalist. That shows what a fucked up administration this will be.

[exboyfil]

19. Yes definitely

but if you have the ear of the king, his functionaries are not as important. I think Obama is also playing this game to try to keep the country together. It sucks, and if you don't have any disasters, you probably are just helping them for the next election; but someone has to be the adult in the room.

[JHan]

26. Trump doesn't care.

his optics are a mirage.

to find out what he thinks or how his administration will move, just look at who he wants to control the levers of government and who his advisors were all year.

[Quixote1818]

27. It sounds like she actually really does care about climate change

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/ivanka-trump-climate-czar-232031

[Bucky]

7. That's his job; his life's work.

Her husband is the president. Calling him as such and lobbying the first lady doesn't add legitimacy to their station. It just reminds them that they have responsibilities to meet, despite their utter lack of public mindedness up till now.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. *Chortle*

Love the "first lady" reference.

[Bucky]

11. (shhh)

Oh, did I make a mistake?

[exboyfil]

15. There is actually a tradition

of daughters and nieces serving the hostess role of First Lady. Probably not the correct term in this case, but I am actually heartened that Trump's wife and son are not moving into the White House. She does not want it for her and her son, and she never asked for this exposure.

[alarimer]

21. I'm only concerned about the cost to taxpayers for security in Trump Tower

It's all well and good for them to stay there, but it costs too much and is too disruptive for everyone else there.

It is easier for the SS to protect them at the White House.

Considering that Trump doesn't pay taxes and that the SS is paying to rent space there, he is actually profiting from their staying there.

[Sorceress]

24. Understood, however I would guess

There is NOT a tradition of said daughter or niece performing FL duties while simultaneously executing the blind trust set for the sitting Pres?

[greymattermom]

9. Jared Kushner?

Is he the president? We all have ideas about who the real president is. Maybe Jared is better than Mike Pence.

[SamKnause]

10. Haven't you heard ???

Ivanka will be in charge of all things related to climate change.

I am sure she has many scientific degrees that qualify her for the position.

The entire family is sickening.

[linuxman]

22. I don't really find a degree

Necessary to liaison over issues related to climate change. I didn't have an issue with the flotus dealing with childhood obesity just because she didn't have a degree in exercise physiology.

[Ligyron]

13. Actually, Ivanka's not that bad where it counts.

Her influence on Dad may act as a restraint.

Yeah, she's an entitled jewelry hawker but considering who else Donald hangs out with she's not that bad in person.

[Arkansas Granny]

17. Maybe that's the best way to get the point across to DT.

Apparently he listens to her.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. Well, he looks at her, at least.

Maybe he listens to her as well?

[Sunlei]

20. good for him, Gore won't abandon the other 200 countries working on climate change.

[tavernier]

23. Well, some say Lucrezia Borgia

was misunderstood.

[TwilightZone]

25. Works for me. Making an attempt to get the point across...

is better than doing nothing. Besides, there's a small chance that she might be a better audience than her father.

Not holding my breath (pun...er...not intended), but it's worth a shot.

[hatrack]

28. She's a stinking pile of greenwash in $4,000 shoes

So she'll go out and give little speeches, and show us all just how concerned she really is (and by extension, President Pussygrabber).

Meanwhile, Daddy will turn over the EPA for gutting and flaying, shred any and all environmental laws, and do whatever his cronies tell him to do.

As climate change spins fully and finally beyond any hope of effective human remedy, as the North Atlantic Current collapses, and as fisheries and crops die, he'll quack about how it's all a big hoax, but we'll be all reassured, because his pampered little daughter "cares" about the issue.

Ivanka can go pound sand.

[Cattledog]

29. Gore, is being used as a prop.

[Arazi]

30. He's not a real Dem for going there

Or something