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Citing Cold Weather, Trump Tweets "US Could Use a Bit of Global Warming"

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The ignorance is astounding. Trump, citing the bitter cold currently gripping the eastern U.S., suggested, "Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old global warming that our country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against." Meteorologist Eric Holthaus noted, "This is what happens when you try to run the country without a science adviser." Pramila Jayapal tweeted,"Weather is not the same as climate. The president should be able to understand that. It isn't hard." 

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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)
 

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