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NYT’s Friedman Spews Trump Climate Change Response Could Be ‘More Destructive’ than Virus Response
NewsBusters ^ | 4/3/2020 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 04/03/2020 12:52:31 PM PDT by JV3MRC

Insufferable New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman is exploiting the pandemic to spew climate change drivel at President Donald Trump. In an op-ed headlined “With the Coronavirus, It’s Again Trump vs. Mother Nature,” Friedman used a dubious comparison between Trump’s handling of the coronavirus and climate change as evidence he was “enamored with markets but ignorant of Mother Nature.” Friedman quipped: “[W]e have paid a steep, steep price for that [Trump’s ignorance to Mother Nature] — and will pay an even bigger price when it comes to climate change, if Trump remains in charge.” [Emphasis added.]

Oddly, his only criticism of the Chinese government was that “China was reckless about importing and mixing ‘terrestrial wildlife’ — supposedly endowed with magical sexual and other powers — with regular meat and seafood in its wet markets.” [Emphasis added.]

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; clickbait; climatechange; coronavirus; donaldtrump; tomfriedman

1 posted on 04/03/2020 12:52:31 PM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

The Watermelons of the Left could save the earth by killing themselves and removing their carbon footprint.


2 posted on 04/03/2020 12:57:39 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: JV3MRC

Friedman is a legend in his own mind


3 posted on 04/03/2020 12:58:23 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: JV3MRC

It’s difficult to believe that any NYCer is, in practice, enamored with Ma Nature.


4 posted on 04/03/2020 1:02:24 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: JV3MRC

I don’t understand why anyone would read the NYT.

You can get the REAL facts here...

https://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/178527/quarantine-just-what-your-novel-needed/

https://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/178272/tv-medical-shows-donate-supplies-to-hospitals/

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5 posted on 04/03/2020 1:04:06 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: JV3MRC

Has Thomas Friedman ever been right about anything? Why does anybody ever pay attention to this guy?


6 posted on 04/03/2020 1:04:20 PM PDT by Nateman ( Unless the left is screaming you are doing it wrong.)
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To: JV3MRC

Friedman long since lost his mind.


7 posted on 04/03/2020 1:06:27 PM PDT by Bayan
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To: JV3MRC

Climate change??

Better get the CDC on that problem, pronto.


8 posted on 04/03/2020 1:32:33 PM PDT by JPJones (More Tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: JV3MRC

Good, because Trump statements will only be destructive to climate hysteria infected people.


9 posted on 04/03/2020 1:33:31 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: Nateman
Has Thomas Friedman ever been right about anything? Why does anybody ever pay attention to this guy?

He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Twice! Which tells you all you need to know about the Pulitzer Prize (and let us not forget another winner, Walter Duranty, also of the NYT).

10 posted on 04/03/2020 1:37:00 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: JV3MRC
Friedman used a dubious comparison between Trump’s handling of the coronavirus and climate change as evidence he was “enamored with markets but ignorant of Mother Nature.

And I'm sure Friedman is adamantly opposed to homosexuality. /s

11 posted on 04/03/2020 1:39:50 PM PDT by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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To: JV3MRC

Trump is good, but maybe what we need is more like Pinochet.


12 posted on 04/03/2020 1:49:39 PM PDT by Salman (Democrats -- The *other* religion of peace.)
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To: JV3MRC

I live in Atlanta and we’ve been in lockdown for 22 days and no one is on the road, and 90% of planes our grounded. This has had no effect on climate change as it was almost 80 degrees today the first week of April. The air is also full of pollen not pollution. So this crisis is proving their climate change “models” are not accurate.


13 posted on 04/03/2020 2:15:33 PM PDT by JWashington69
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To: JV3MRC

The c virus has proved that computer models are worthless predictors of reality. The whole global warming hoax is based on IPCC computer models that predict temperatures 50 years from now.

The problem with Friedman types is that they never get punish for being wrong. He’s never be right about nothing.


14 posted on 04/03/2020 2:19:52 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul (s)
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To: JV3MRC

MESSAGE TO FRIEDMAN: Maybe you should go and tell the king.


15 posted on 04/03/2020 2:20:48 PM PDT by Savage Beast (There is no limit to the heights of heroism and saintliness to which people can ascend.)
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Friedman is an ass. Rolling back these ridiculous mileage requirements will save lives and will not affect “global warming”.


16 posted on 04/03/2020 2:48:35 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: JV3MRC

Environmentalists are slobbering over the demonstration of power. And they’re already printing, “We have a crisis, a bigger crisis, and we need to do the same to save the world.”


17 posted on 04/04/2020 9:15:11 AM PDT by tbw2
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