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Originally Posted by Ponderosa
Trump has changed virtually all his positions in the two plus weeks since the election. Now, he is having second thoughts about leaving the Kyoto agreements that he had promised to nix his first hours in office. Actually, though, the positions he is taking now are ones he has held most of his life but chucked in the corner for his run for office. So no one should be surprised. I think about the only thing he will have left from his rally ranting is an anti-trade policy.
Donald Trump says he believes there is |
Trump has always, and will continue to always, do what is best for Trump.
He has refused to separate his business empire from the White House, saying the Trump brand is now hotter than ever! He will use the Presidency and the White House as a personal bank to send money to himself via his business empire.
As for climate change, it's hard to know what he really thinks. He has said various things. I tend to think that EPA rules for climate are not something that Trump likes, given that he has enormous businesses that must abide by those rules. So I'm wondering if he's just play acting (again),
acting like he thinks a President would act: cautious, a thinker, reflective. OR he could really be concerned about the environment. Hard to know, since he's so dishonest.
I expect everything will come down to: What is good for his business empire and the Trump brand; and what he has to do to appease Congress, so they go along with his pet projects.
Trump understands bullying. The President isn't the head of a business who gets to control everything. He will have to play with Congress, who shares control. He doesn't seem to be one who has firm convictions when it comes to things that affect others. So he might use this as a tool to get what he wants from Congress. Maybe he's sending a message: I'm not necessarily going to go along with what you guys in Congress want. You have to pay me first by doing what I want.
The Art of the Deal? That sounds most likely.
Check out the history of his huge golf course(s) in Scotland. He opened them after opposition from the locals, since the resort and course would block beautiful views and harm the environment. A lawsuit ensued...Trump won.
NOW...
Trump is fighting wind farms in Scotland again, which are blocking his course's view. He lost in court last year, but refuses to give up, resuming the fight this past summer.
BTW...of particular interest is that
Trump claimed he would create 6,000 jobs through his golf course resort,
but only about 100 jobs were created. He's not finished building resorts and courses, though. But that was YEARS ago, and those 6,000 jobs never appeared.
So where was the media that Trump claims unfairly attacked him at every turn? They should have been reporting these things. Why didn't Clinton bring these things up? He's a fraud who says anything to get people to go along with his schemes.
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