Trump misunderstood MIT climate research, university officials say

[Fantastic Anarchist]

Source: Reuters

Massachusetts Institute of Technology officials said U.S. President Donald Trump badly misunderstood their research when he cited it on Thursday to justify withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.

Trump announced during a speech at the White House Rose Garden that he had decided to pull out of the landmark climate deal, in part because it would not reduce global temperatures fast enough to have a significant impact.

"Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is estimated it would only produce a two-tenths of one degree Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100," Trump said.

"Tiny, tiny amount."

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"If we don't do anything, we might shoot over 5 degrees or more and that would be catastrophic," said John Reilly, the co-director of the program, adding that MIT's scientists had had no contact with the White House and were not offered a chance to explain their work.

Read more: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN18S6L0

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"Tiny, tiny amount."

Trump talking about his penis again.

[BootinUp]

1. Nothing more lame than citing research

one doesn't understand, and therefore using the information for an unjustified purpose.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. "I'm not a scientist, but ..."

I wish people who say that, would end the sentence with, "... so, I'll defer to the scientists who actually know the subject matter," then sit down and shut the fuck up.

[Lucinda]

2. ...

[SHRED]

3. What a dolt.

[caraher]

5. They had to say "misunderstood" to be diplomatic

I think it's less that it was misunderstood, than an opportunity to introduce yet another "alternative fact" into the RW echo chamber.

[christx30]

6. Trump misunderstanding something? That's unpossible! n/t

[Fantastic Anarchist]

10. I see what you did there.

[progressoid]

14. It's unpresidented.

[Solly Mack]

7. Trump misunderstood - Full stop.

Can't understand.

[Lil Missy]

8. He didn't "misunderstand" shit. He never read the thing. He just wants to repeal Obama's everything.

[pangaia]

11. Exactly,, the correspondents' dinner...

[luvMIdog]

12. This exactly!

[6000eliot]

9. He doesn't understand? Quelle surprise!

[Roland99]

13. Misunderstood? Doubt it. He knew what he was doing

Did it intentionally.

Fucking sociopath

[Crash2Parties]

15. To even discuss whether he understood it implies that he read it.

He didn't. It's longer than a single page with eight or maybe ten bullet points.

Once again people are trying to imbue him with an intelligence and comprehension and even responsibility he simply does not possess.

He was told what to say, and he said it. Don't get me wrong, he's no innocent. He simply does not care about anything that does not move his interests forward and his interests are limited to his self-image and his properties.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. tRump did not misunderstand his instructions from his ever-shrinking base. They are celebrating. .nt

[mdbl]

17. his only hope to have friends is to give a few pigs what they want

Kochs, Ryan, McConnell, and the Heritage Foundation. He doesn't make decisions based on actual merit.