Posted on 12/08/2016 8:47:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind
In one of the more unexpected visits to take place to the penthouse at the Trump Tpower on Wednesday, Leonardo DiCaprio and the head of his foundation met with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss how jobs centered on preserving the environment can boost the economy.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Terry Tamminen, the CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, confirmed the meeting at Trump Tower in New York City. Tamminen said the pair gave a presentation to Trump, daughter Ivanka, and other members of Trump's team on how focusing on renewable, clean energy could create millions of jobs.
"Today, we presented the president-elect and his advisors with a framework — which LDF developed in consultation with leading voices in the fields of economics and environmentalism — that details how to unleash a major economic revival across the United States that is centered on investments in sustainable infrastructure," Tamminen said. "Our conversation focused on how to create millions of secure, American jobs in the construction and operation of commercial and residential clean, renewable energy generation."
The Oscar-winning actor has been a strong advocate of fighting climate change and preserving wildlife, and his recent documentary, Before the Flood, addresses the peril that the world faces because of climate change. He has also been repeatedly accused of hypocrisy by his critics for not practicing what he preaches, such as criss-crossing the globe in high carbon footprint private jets.
According to AP, DiCaprio previously met with Ivanka Trump and presented her with a copy of the film. The meeting with Trump's team lasted for about 90 minutes. The actor also gave the president-elect a copy of the documentary, and Trump promised to watch it, according to a person who was familiar with the meeting but not authorized to speak publicly.
Tamminen, who was secretary of California's Environmental Protection Agency under former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said Trump was receptive and suggested they meet again next month.
"We look forward to continuing the conversation with the incoming administration as we work to stop the dangerous march of climate change, while putting millions of people to work at the same time," said Tamminen.
Despite the lip service, we doubt much if anything will come out of the meeting, which took place hours after word got out Wednesday that Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who refuses to accept "climate-change", and whose policies have helped fossil fuel companies, is expected to be announced as Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
It was unclear if DiCaprio flew in and out of his meeting with Trump to discuss how to make the environment great again, on his private jet.
Lefties, due to their weakness, will tend to kiss up to someone important.
This is the chance for Donald to teach THEM what magnanimity is all about.
He won’t entrap Trump into that green jobs lie. Trump knows it was a big fat flop.
You want a job creator, how about preparing humanity for the next cold ice age period we know is coming. Geologist use facts to illustrate that these cold periods have occurred at regular intervals. They have dominated the recent past. AGW accolytes use computer models to predict what warming might occur due to high levels of CO2. If Decapitated and the AGW accolytes are wrong, civilization gets wiped out during this next cold ice age period. If us Global Coolers and the Geologists are wrong, we just get prepared for the next cold period that is guaranteed to come. And the slight AGW that might be occurring, would just delay the cold period slightly.
“Green jobs” is a myth just like GoreBull warming.
smart, yesterday he picks a climate realists and then appeases the greenies effectively blunting environmental criticism. These are chess moves!
What is nice about this is that while we are looking at this politically, there are non political parts to this as well. The president is the president of all Americans. He has promised that he would be. A big part of being the president is just acting like one, listening to citizens, comforting them when the Space Shuttle explodes, cheering the Olympic team, etc. Trump is already spending significant amounts of time listening to people that did not vote for him and don’t agree with him. While all 350 million of us can’t do this, he makes it seem like anyone can go to Trump Tower and have some time talking to him. This is very presidential.
Below is a link to the list of Green Companies that failed under Obama.The full list is approximately one-third of the way down the page, and it's a doozie:
List of Failed Obama Green Energy & Solar Companies in the Billions
might help stop the protests/riots/recounts and msm slander
I wonder if DeCrapio noticed who Trump appointed to run the EPA.
I am loving Trump for seeing these wackos. He’s nice & polite with them. Promises to “keep a open mind” & then does what he said he was going to do in the 1st place.
Maybe he could stand out front of Trump Tower & burn DeCrapio’s documentary for the cameras. He won’t but a part of me wishes he would.
Subsidies are not boosting a proven green energy system, but paying private sector employees to work in a nonviable industry. DiCaprio would be better served finding private grants for further research before asking taxpayers to fund a new enterprise.
Hopefully Trump told little Leo in no uncertain words that if he doesn’t shut up about the climate change BS he’ll find that the Malaysian government has the green light to do as they please in their investigation of the leo foundation scandal.
“Job creation is not a government function.”
100% agree it shouldn’t be.
But the left disagrees. They gotta raise taxes so they can hire more tax collectors. And food stamp workers, too, to “help” all the needy people who are being created daily by being taxed into serfdom.
The flyover people are wise to those types of machinations now, so the lefties need to find ways to “create” new “jobs” out of thin air that they can bill us for.
Voila! The government will now harvest the wind! And store sunshine! They’ll tax us to pay for these energy farms-—and then sell us the “produce!”
Big boxes filled with sunshine and wind, which any citizen with a gun to his head can purchase at the Empty Shelf Ltd gubbermint store-—at gubbermint-regulated and gubbermint subsidized prices!
Yay!
These ideas are just so awesome. The capital must be simply pouring in!
RE: Job creation is not a government function.
How about Job Preservation? Trump/Pence just did that with Carrier.
RE: Job creation is not a government function.
How about Job Preservation? Trump/Pence just did that with Carrier.
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I’m all for job preservation in the form of creating and maintaining a low regulatory, tax incentive based environment for businesses. That does not interfere with the free market.
But government bailing out green energy company’s and regulating and taxing coal and petroleum to death absolutely interferes with the free market.
Lol
I agree he’s consensus building. And most of these libs have never met Trump. They only know what the media tells them and this is Trump going around the media again. He’s very likeable as well and you don’t fight as hard against people you like.
Agree. I’m becoming increasingly uncomfortable with Ivanka’s ongoing role.
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