Trump packs so much ignorance into so few words

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Eugene Robinson

The Washington Post

It is not unfair to point out that President Trump, on many important subjects, is just an ignoramus.

A vivid illustration of this unfortunate fact came this week in London, when it was revealed that Prince Charles, a knowledgeable environmentalist, had tried to educate the president on climate change; and utterly failed.

“I believe that there’s a change in weather, and I think it changes both ways,” Trump told “Good Morning Britain” host Piers Morgan in an interview broadcast Wednesday. “Don’t forget it used to be called global warming. That wasn’t working. Then it was called climate change. Now it’s actually called extreme weather, because with extreme weather, you can’t miss.”

Good lord, it’s breathtaking that anyone could pack so much ignorance into so few words.

The correct answer for what human-generated emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are doing to the planet is, of course, all of the above. There is indeed global warming; the past five years have been the hottest since record-keeping began, and so much sea ice has melted that shipping lanes are being charted across the Arctic Ocean. There is indeed climate change; this March, temperatures in northern Alaska were 30 to 40 degrees above normal, or what used to be normal. There is indeed extreme weather; scientists have long predicted that deadly weather anomalies, such as the widespread outbreak of tornadoes last month, would become more common as the temperature continues to rise.

Trump said his meeting with Charles was supposed to last 15 minutes but went an hour and a half. One wonders how much of that time Charles must have spent gritting his teeth.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/robinson-trump-packs-so-much-ignorance-into-so-few-words/

[murielm99]

1. With all that extra time,

I hope Charles did not crack any of his teeth while gritting them!

[MyOwnPeace]

2. It's NOT global warming..........

it's TRAFFIC CIRCLES!!!!!

https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-man-says-rise-in-tornadoes-caused-by-traffic-circles/



Wanna' be he's wearing a MAGA hat during the interview?

[BigmanPigman]

3. Sometimes I wonder if he REALLY believes his crap

or he is just saying it for his base. Probably both are true to a degree.