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[Des0lar]

Straight out of the horse's mouth:

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-climate-change-bunk-28c5c44cee#.dlonx7xlj

Priebus confirms that climate denial will be the official policy of Trump’s administration
Reince Priebus tells Fox News that climate science denial is Trump’s ‘default position.’

White House chief of staff may be “the second most powerful job in government,” according to James A. Baker III, who had the job under both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
So it matters that the man Trump named his chief of staff, Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, embraces Trump’s hard-core climate denial.

Priebus appeared on the latest Fox News Sunday to explain Trump’s apparent “major flips on policy this week in an interview with the New York Times,” as host Chris Wallace put it — including the apostasy of possibly having “an open mind” about “pulling out of the Paris climate agreement.”

We had a good run. Now we bet on China to save the world. How ironic.

 

[Darksol]

Fuck

 

[HazySaiyan]

We're fucked.

 

[orochi91]

The coming decades will be China's time to shine on the global stage.

 

[Rexatality]

Why bother living? The world is fucked anyways

 

[Frozenprince]

China has to save us all from massive climate change.

What even is this world anymore.

 

[Escape Goat]

Did anybody expect anything different?

 

[Branduil]

Please sanction us, world.

 

[Funky Papa]

You know you've hit rock bottom when China and Russia are the guys coming with reasonable opinions on climate.

Trump may have also ruined whatever edge America had on renewables. GG.

 

[Squalor]

We need A New United States, or A.N.U.S. for short.

 

[orochi91]

We need A New United States, or A.N.U.S. for short.

Ayyy

 

[Jintor]

Whelp. There it is.

 

[Future]

It's like trying to teach a hardcore creationist evolution. Nothing you can say to prove your position

At this point even if the world was on fire people would deny it as they erupt in flames out of principle. Because they'd probably rather die in a fire rather than admit a liberal was right about anything.

 

[so1337]

Fuck.

 

[ClosingADoor]

The stupidity of this would be funny if it wasn't so sad and depressing. Hopefully some of the more progressive states will make progress on it and pass laws to combat climate change so it isn't a total waste of at least 4 years.

 

[JordanN]

This is why the Electoral College needs to be used. If the world can't sanction America for destroying the planet, then you must stop him from being president on December 19th.

 

[Squalor]

How do I get to the timeline wherein Gore won in 2000?

 

[Nelo Ice]

The GOP amd that orange shit are truly an existential threat to humanity. Yep feeling completely helpless again.

 

[His Majesty]

Destroying their own country is not good enough, they need to drag the rest of the world down with them.

fuck this

 

[Squalor]

This is why the Electoral College needs to be used. If the world can't sanction America for destroying the planet, you need to stop him from being president on December 19th.

Civil War II, no not the Marvel one.

 

[GarthVaderUK]

Ignorant fucks.

 

[Sleight of Jam]

I hope the next generation grows up hating and loathing us and shit actually gets done.

 

[Gnome]

We're standing on the train tracks with our back turned to the train and declaring it doesn't exist. In the end, it's still going to hit us.

 

[Strike]

...and how was Hillary just as bad/worse again?

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

Fucking idiots

 

[Gnome]

Civil War II, no not the Marvel one.

Almost seems worth it if the world is possibly at stake.

 

[Krejlooc]

Fuck you

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Someone start a Kickstarter to combat global warming.

That will probably push China to action.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Fuck you, America.
Or half of America, I guess?
Or the electoral college or whatever...
Well, whoever you are, fuck you.

 

[Krejlooc]

This is like the united states taking a "the world is flat" policy.

And it literally leading to the end of the planet.

 

[ViviOggi]

Thanks a lot America

 

[JordanN]

Civil War II, no not the Marvel one.

What if the rest of the world intervenes?

Trump supporters would be too scared to go up against all of NATO.

 

[Alx]

That's probably the worst consequence of his rise to power. You can fuck up a country and in 10, 50 or 100 years it can get better. But if you fuck up the planet, we're all dead.

 

[Krejlooc]

Fuck you, America.
Or half of America, I guess?
Or the electoral college or whatever...
Well, whoever you are, fuck you.

Fuck everyone who didn't vote to stop this but could have

 

[RobbieNick]

Welp! We're fucked.

 

[Krejlooc]

That's probably the worst consequence of his rise to power. You can fuck up a country and in 10, 50 or 100 years it can get better. But if you fuck up the planet, we're all dead.

I hope this is the worst consequence of his rise to power. Sadly, I think his supreme court nominations will also affect the world in weird ways.

And all this assumes no wars start.

 

[orochi91]

The US deserves to get fucking sanctioned.

This incoming administration is literally an existential threat to humanity.

 

[Rootbeer]

The fight against these anti-science assholes just never ends here in the States. So fucking ashamed of this country. We deserve better.

 

[Ghost]

Well I guess we were probably fucked anyway, now we're just fucked faster.

 

[Nelo Ice]

There are going to be no lives for the GOP to ruin with this fuckery. Its not even going to matter if we can mount a fight in 2018 and 2020 when the fucking planet will be long lost by the time we can change course. Trump needs to be stopped now.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

All the progress and hard work from so many intelligent people and the bright future of renewable and green tech and prosperity for the planet just getting stomped on by this fucking tantrum throwing orange bully fuck face.

 

[Tregard]

It's amazing to me that a major political power such as the US can have a stance which is literally disregarding science.

gg America

 

[Squalor]

What if the rest of the world intervenes?

Trump supporters would be too scared to go up against all of NATO.

Trump supporters can't even tell you what NATO is. They wouldn't care.

I suppose Trump might get Brexit support and Russian support. It might just actually become World War III.

 

[Qasiel]

Making America great using a Gribble of an idea...

Spoiler

I'm sorry, America. Trying to make light of a terrible situation I suppose.

 

[Spiral Insanity]

Do we know how much money these guys are getting from the coal/oil/gas industry? We know they aren't just denying this shit for fun or in good faith.

 

[MHWilliams]

Always remember that perfect is the enemy of good. Because forgetting it will land you in places like this.

 

[Krejlooc]

It's amazing to me that a major political power such as the US can have a stance which is literally disregarding science.

gg America

It's fucking disgusting that global warming became a partisan issue in America.

The part of the country that doesn't believe in global warming literally do so out of spite to the half that does.

Fucking tribalism destroys the world.

 

[jetsetrez]

This can't possibly be true, can it? This genuinely makes me angry. Like, I have to imagine most people realize the danger of this, do people really just not care? Isn't there something we can do to fight this? This is getting serious. The people need to rally the electoral college to not allow this man to take office. We need million man protests like what's going on in South Korea.

 

[takriel]

The greed and stupidity of the human race, ladies and gentlemen.

 

[Squalor]

Always remember that perfect is the enemy of good. Because forgetting it will land you in places like this.

But e-mails and estrogen, bro. . .