Posted on 02/22/2016 10:25:45 AM PST by magellan
Real estate mogul Donald Trump would not let states take control of federal lands, the Republican presidential candidate said in a recent interview.
"I don't like the idea because I want to keep the lands great, and you don't know what the state is going to do," Trump said during a talk with Field & Stream magazine earlier this week.
The trade publication, sitting down with Trump at Las Vegas' Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show, had asked about the issue of turning over federally controlled lands to individual states -- an idea previously floated by rival 2016 contender and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and supported by staunch states-rights activists.
The proposal has also received more attention in light of recent actions by radical conservatives like Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his son Ammon Bundy, who led an armed group earlier this month in occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon to protest federal land use policies.
Trump cautioned, however, that states would be unpredictable in maintaining the designated lands.
"I mean, are they going to sell if they get into a little bit of trouble?" Trump asked. "I don't think it's something that should be sold."
He added: "We have to be great stewards of this land. This is magnificent land. And we have to be great stewards of this land."
The billionaire businessman suggested later in the interview that while he was a fan of oil and gas companies drilling and fracking on federal lands, protecting the earth should still be a top priority.
"I'm very much into energy, and I'm very much into fracking and drilling, and we never want to be hostage again to OPEC and go back to where we were. And right now, we're at a very interesting point because right now there's so much energy," Trump said. "And maybe that's an advantage and maybe--actually, it's more of an advantage in terms of your question because we don't have to do the kind of drilling that we did."
"I am for energy exploration, as long as we don't do anything to damage the land. And right now we don't need too much -- there's a lot of energy," he said.
Sorry. If Ted Cruz would feature repealing Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution more prominently on his website, Trump supporters would be jumping ship in droves.
Thanks SamTheMan...
Yeah, I plan to vote tomorrow. Go Cruz! The only real conservative in this race.
Look forward to the creation of the DORD: The Department of Redundancy Department.
“Is this the issue of our time? Nope.”
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You are correct, not an over-arching issue of our time. However, it is reflective of his outlook toward the federal government, which he wants to remain growing and controlling.
Exactly. And by the way, don’t we already have one of those ‘on the job trainees’ in the WH? And look at what a disaster that’s turned out to be.
He doesn’t live in the western states, where the Feds have over half of the ground and are fencing it off from human presence or activity.
You’re probably right, but it should.
Again. I’m stunned how Trump supporters belittle Rubio and Kasich for being RINOs. Trump is a consistent liberal who isn’t conservative enough to be a RINO.
If the feds ran the land properly and fairly, would it be a problem?
I recall back when Romney became MA governor, he wanted to let contractors build a condo development on the state's highest peak! Thank God MA residents to some degree respect the environment.
Do you want CA to sell land to Mexico? Maybe to China?
Well, have you given any thought to how, if Trump wins the nomination, the Democrat leftists will promptly trot out a dozen or more former wives of Trump’s elitist friends that he bedded while married, as he bragged about in one of his own books? They will Hermain Cain Donald so fast his little orange head will spin. Count on it.
I’m really sick of the word “great”.
B-b-b-but he really is Conservative! I promise!! /sarc
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution states: "The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State." (Emphasis added.)
The FedGov is not the United States.
No, I don’t. I think ‘the ownership of federal lands’ issue has not exactly been on the hot plate of American politics.
Ranchers? Rednecks? Getting support from the eminent domain king? I don’t think so...the man is a hypocrite and an opportunist without any sense of morality or honor.
Didn’t make news here but the Scot redneck would not be budged and was given an award for his perseverance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADecI4xw-yg
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/trump-scottish-rival-honored-countrymen-article-1.1213338
Trump had the homes within view of his “greatest golf course in the world” (lost money last 3 years) blocked with trees and piles of dirt. Now those who have lived there for 40 years cannot see the “preservation” dunes and ocean.
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Susan, 59, has been penned in too - with a 10ft mound of earth with trees on top blocking her once-expansive view.
Read more at http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/residents-fear-donald-trump-will-launch-1403310#AOfWjVrGuR8U51YC.99
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What does he do later? He sues the Scottish government when they want to put up windmills within view from the course because it would take away from the pleasure of the view from his course.
“He alleged in the judicial review that his own human rights had been breached, because the windfarm, which is funded by the European commission and supported by many local organisations which had also backed Trump’s golf resort, interfered with his “peaceful enjoyment of his property”.”
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/11/donald-trump-irish-golf-scotland-windfarm#comments
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13806500.Trump_s___2_million_losses_at_Scottish_golf_courses/
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/02/157609870/in-the-scottish-dunes-its-david-versus-the-donald
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/11/donald-trump-irish-golf-scotland-windfarm
Guid cheerio the nou!
The other issue is protecting owls, frogs, snail darters....to the tune of what comes down to as "confiscating" millions of acres and not a dime spent.
Kill the EPA...on day 1.
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