Posted on 12/05/2016 11:33:26 AM PST by Pinkbell
As Donald Trump continues to indicate that he might be willing to change his position on climate change, which he has long called a “hoax,” the president-elect met Monday with former vice president Al Gore, who has become a prominent activist in the fight against global warming.
Gore was originally scheduled to meet just with Trump's oldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, who is not registered with a political party and has already pushed her father to adopt positions usually promoted by Democrats. Gore told reporters that after that meeting, he then had “an extremely interesting conversation” with the president-elect.
“I had a lengthy and very productive session with the president-elect. It was a sincere search for areas of common ground,” Gore told reporters after spending about 90 minutes at Trump Tower in Manhattan during the lunch hour Monday. “I had a meeting beforehand with Ivanka Trump. The bulk of the time was with the president-elect, Donald Trump. I found it an extremely interesting conversation, and to be continued, and I'm just going to leave it at that.”
Trump has repeatedly called climate change a “hoax” and has even accused the Chinese government of creating this fake problem to steal manufacturing jobs from the United States. But Trump seemed to soften that position during a meeting with the New York Times late last month, saying that he would keep an “open mind” on the issue and acknowledging that human activity might be connected to changes in the climate.
Ivanka Trump is one of the most influential people in Trump's life and is a member of his transition team, although she has said she does not plan to take an active role in her father's administration. Her husband, Jared Kushner, is one of Trump's most trusted aides, and the couple are reportedly house-hunting in Washington.
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Talking to people who disagree with you is not capitulation. It’s the way to make a republic actually function. Climate change is a joke of an issue, not talking to people who think it’s not is just as foolish as believing that men can control the climate of the earth.
Exactly. WEll said.
I wouldn’t give Al Gore the time of day, but if Trump wants to do so, I’m not going to second guess him.
YES! More messaging that Jillary Stein efforts are electorally meaningless.
This charade is just not about changing anything electorally, but scamming for new money— money that is finally out of reach of the Clintons.
Correct. I don’t trust the Washington ComPost and have nothing but utter contempt for Al Gore.
Shouldn’t be meeting with him at all.
He is a certifiable hypocrite and liar.
It’s also (actually mostly) about hobbling the American/Western economies, increasing their costs of production/living and lowering their citizens’ living standards to, among other things, reduce the number of children they will have.
Jared and Ivanka searching for a house in DC?? How refreshing. Mooch just brought all her relatives right on in to the White House for the free eats and such.
Oh, Al would stain Ivanka with more than his insanity. She sets off several of his chakras.
He picked up the call from Taiwan. That wasn’t something I expected even from my hypothetical Perfect Conservative
Donald, don’t double cross us with this lunatic. Be careful!
Man-Bear-Pig! For series!
Gore burst into tears when Trump showed him a picture of a Polar bear stuck on a small ice berg. Then a swallowed a whole sea bass and ask where he could find the closest ‘safe space’.
The Godfather II's "Senator Geary" comes to mind.
Remember when Gore was accused of sexually assaulting his massage therapist in a hotel room?
We Trump supporters ought not to immediately jump to the conclusion that this is a wrong move.
The Trump administration wants clan air and clean water. Period. They are most likely meeting to see if this platform position can be reconciled with any common ground held by ith the climate change hoaxers. The anti pollution aspect IS common ground: the idea that the UN gets carbon tax money because of the climate change hoax is absurd and I trust that Trump and Ivanka are not going to change their position that this is a hoax - because it IS a hoax.
They can meet and see how we (the U.S) might help and encourage China (for example) to cut its astronomical pollution without bringing the false climate change theory into it all.
clan - clean - typo
Everything about “global warming” is a fraud.
New data is being manipulated by people with an agenda.
Old data is being manipulated by people with an agenda.
Satellite data is being manipulated by people with an agenda.
Models are being created with preconceived outcomes using all the above manipulated data.
Anyone who speaks out against any of the above is called a “science denier”
If I was president, he’d be having that conversation with me at Gitmo (by satellite phone).
Looks like Trump wants to take over all the rats issues! Or just letting the rats heads explode.
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