Climate Establishment Hopeful Trump will Betray the Trust of the American People

President Trump's Contract with the American Voter
President Trump’s Contract with the American Voter

Guest essay by Eric Worrall

The climate establishment is expressing hope that President Trump will treat the wishes of the American people, and the promises he made to the voters who supported him, with the same contempt and disregard which they themselves feel for the needs of ordinary people.

Donald Trump: Paris climate change delegates hopeful presidency will not derail agreement

Delegates at annual climate change talks in Morocco are hopeful Donald Trump’s presidency will not derail progress made on action.

Representatives from 200 countries are at the Marrakech summit finalising the details of the Paris Agreement on climate change, which commits governments to keeping a global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius.

Tina Johnson from the US Climate Network said the movement had its work cut out for it now.

“I think if we have a scenario where the action that he takes is contrary to where we feel it needs to be going, it will impact us, of course, because it means we have to do more work to make sure that he actually is moving in the direction that we need him to move in,” she said.

“This is not going to be a walk in the park, but we’re up for the challenge and we think we have history, momentum and the world on our side, because every country is acting on it.”

The road to ratification

Mr Trump is a well-known climate change sceptic and has threatened to remove America from the treaty.

But Australia’s Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie said it was going to be difficult for him to do that.

“It’s also important to note that the US climate action has come from the states,” Ms McKenzie said.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-10/trump-will-not-derail-paris-climate-agreement-delegates-say/8013386

I somehow think the climate parasites may be in for some big disappointments. From the first page of President Trump’s landmark “Contract with the American Voter“;

FIFTH, I will lift the restrictions on the production of $50 trillion dollars’ worth of job-producing American energy reserves, including shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal.

SIXTH, lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks and allow vital energy infrastructure projects, like the Keystone Pipeline, to move forward.

SEVENTH, cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change programs and use the money to fix America’s water and environmental infrastructure.

Read more: https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102316-Contractv02.pdf

Sadly its not all good news, the climate movement still has some powerful friends. In Australia the member for Goldman Sachs, long term climate advocate Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, vowed to push forward regardless with ratifying the job destroying Paris Agreement.

Turnbull government, ignoring Trump election, proceeds with Paris climate agreement ratification

The Turnbull government has ratified the Paris climate agreement, formalising Australia’s commitment to a global effort to curb carbon emissions and reduce the risk of dangerous climate change.

The move comes less than a day after US voters elected Donald Trump, a sceptic of climate science, to become the next president. The US is the world’s second-highest carbon-dioxide emitter after China.

Australia is already experiencing an increase in extreme conditions from climate change – and it’s projected to get worse.

The ratification also comes just before Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg head to Marrakech, Morocco, where a global meeting is taking place to work on the implementation of the Paris agreement.

“Almost a year from the Paris Conference, it is clear the agreement was a watershed, a turning point,” Malcolm Turnbull told a media conference. “The adoption of a comprehensive strategy has galvanised the international community and spurred on global action.”

The government’s target of cutting 2005-level emissions 26-28 per cent by 2030 now becomes a global commitment, that “we look forward to actively and fully implementing”, he said.

Australia joins more than 100 nations to ratify the global deal agreed last December in Paris.

Australia’s ratification will bring some cheer to climate negotiators in Morocco, many of whom were stunned by the US election of a climate-denying president.

One European delegate told Fairfax Media that some had become upset as the results rolled in on Wednesday.

“Shock. Terrible. Some were in tears,” said the delegate, describing the reaction. “Many – like me – were blocking it out and seeking refuge in sarcasm.”

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/turnbull-government-ignoring-trump-election-proceeds-with-paris-climate-agreement-ratification-20161110-gsm5m1.html

I suspect we’re seeing the beginning of a global attempt to pressure President Trump into watering down his electoral commitments, but I also think they have chosen the wrong President to try to bully – President Trump is not an unprincipled professional sellout like some of his predecessors.

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November 10, 2016 11:35 pm

BHO and Trump got this picture:
http://i66.tinypic.com/1675mhd.jpg
The Moveon.org protestors and fragile snowflakes didn’t.
For the rest of the Green Left-wing establishment, they are all still smug in their self-righteousness of knowing what is best for the Basket of Deplorables. And that means they need more tax money. Carbon trading taxes and schemes was one of their last, best hopes to milk Western economic engines.

tony mcleod
Reply to  Joel O’Bryan
November 10, 2016 11:49 pm

Turns out Clinton got more votes from humans than Trump did.
Most of the red is empty paddocks.

gnome
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 12:41 am

Trump didn’t contest those areas where the voting machines allocate one extra Democrat vote for every Republican vote entered.
The map shows fairly clearly where mafia influence and Democrat corruption rule.
As Ann Althouse wrote – the popular vote is a stray statistic from a game which wasn’t being played on the main field.

Monna Manhas
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 1:27 am

Yes she did, tony mcleod – a statisticly insignificant 0.2% more.

Mike the Morlock
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 1:47 am

tony mcleod November 10, 2016 at 11:49 pm
Turns out Clinton got more votes from humans than Trump did.
Most of the red is empty paddocks.
Maybe maybe not, there is one group that is always counted late and people tend to forget about them unless the vote is very close.
The Military vote. All of the personal serving abroad use mail in ballots it can take a few weeks for them to arrive. Considering the difference between the two candidates is about 390,000. Just the crews and base personal for the navy could nullify that difference. Then you have Army, Marines Air force.
I seem to remember Al Gore and his minions trying to discount thousands of military ballots in Florida.
Oh well we will see in a few weeks as they trickle in.
Oh and sorry to crap on your picnic.
michael

tony mcleod
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 5:21 am

Hilarious, I don’t care won and you lot have got your panties all bunched up.

Hugs
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 7:51 am

Turns out Clinton got more votes from humans than Trump did.

Given democrats don’t think they belong the human race which elected Trumpm and given the amount of rigging, I think you need to prove your point.
I didn’t like Trump, to be honest, but I’ll need to give him a chance to prove his skills.

DCA
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 12:08 pm

Tony,
There are about 11 million MORE or less undocumented immigrants and Obama encouraged them to vote even though it’s currently illegal. If only 1% of them actually voted how many do you think voted for Trump?

DCA
Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 12:14 pm

ooops. Meant to say 5%

Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 4:00 pm

I would imagine that the cemeteries of California and Chicago were solidly for Hillary.

Reply to  tony mcleod
November 11, 2016 9:45 pm

Paddocks?
Shows what you know.
America does contain large areas with few people living rural lives. Not the urban life of walking to restaurants’, pizza, groceries, sushi bars, what not.
Guess where the Clinton voters live?

richard verney
Reply to  Joel O’Bryan
November 11, 2016 12:48 am

Whilst a lot of the red is sparsely populated, the map well illustrates the universal attraction of Trump and his politics.
It is really telling how few pockets of blue exist. America as a whole, is clearly behind Trump.

Reply to  richard verney
November 13, 2016 11:56 am

Maps like that always depress me. I moved to Wyoming to get away from Social Democrats who absolutely rule the coast of California. Where do I move? Lincoln County. It’s right under the cancerous blue splotch on the upper left side of the state. 90% or more of the population there are Snowflake’s living in Mom’s vacation home on trust funds. It’s actually better in CA.
Why does the party of the working class now dominate the richest parts of the country? When did farmers become Republicans and suburban industrialists turn blue? It’s not even all the farmers either, California farmers seem divided on the subject? It’s weird.

wws
November 10, 2016 11:37 pm

more and more I’m seeing the brilliance of having a President who doesn’t give a sh*t what anybody outside of this country thinks about him.

Non Nomen
Reply to  wws
November 11, 2016 12:01 am

Common sense isn’t restricted to CONUS. Heard of Brexit before?

Patrick MJD
November 10, 2016 11:46 pm

My Texan workmate here in Aus is as pleased as pie Trump won!!

jeanparisot
November 10, 2016 11:46 pm

Trump could do the unthinkable, submit the Paris Accords to Senate for Ratification. Where after illuminating debate, they are rejected.

Non Nomen
Reply to  jeanparisot
November 10, 2016 11:58 pm

Doing so he’d run the risk of an unexpected approval and consent.

gnome
Reply to  Non Nomen
November 11, 2016 12:44 am

Obama’s still got two months to try it. Try very hard now, and you just might be able to work out why he won’t.

Non Nomen
November 10, 2016 11:56 pm

I suspect we’re seeing the beginning of a global attempt to pressure President Trump into watering down his electoral commitments…

That’s for certain.
But, otoh, no politician ever has been able to keep all his promises. There are going to be disappointments.

Chris Hanley
Reply to  Non Nomen
November 11, 2016 12:17 am

True, but Trump is not a politician.

Non Nomen
Reply to  Chris Hanley
November 11, 2016 12:43 am

Call him Trump, politician, president elect, president or call him names, he won’t be able to keep all his promises. He can’t walk on water either.

Chris Hanley
Reply to  Chris Hanley
November 11, 2016 1:02 am

You miss my point, Trump has never been a politician, he is not beholding to anyone, he doesn’t think like a politician, he is seventy years old he will probably not stand again, he has control of both houses, what’s to stop him keeping his pledge to the American people?

Chris Hanley
Reply to  Chris Hanley
November 11, 2016 1:09 am

Beholden.

Reply to  Non Nomen
November 11, 2016 12:56 am

Very true, but pledging not to pay for something is a lot easier to accomplish than raising new money to pay for something. Hopefully, the green merry go round will lose all funding and scientists won’t get unrestricted funding thrown at them simply by claiming nasal hair causes GW so a study to count every nasal hair in the country must be conducted forthwith.

Dave Fair
Reply to  HotScot
November 11, 2016 11:45 am

PhD’s are going to become awfully cheap soon. Many people in government climate-related positions are going to look for lateral moves. I really don’t have any idea as to what climate professors and academic departments are going to do when the Federal dollars dry up. Modelers may try to force their way into economics departments.
I assume President The Donald will have to sequester FY 2017 climate moneys if he is to affect climate funding in the near term. I assume there will be some massive changes.

richard verney
November 11, 2016 12:43 am

The simple fact is that Trump needs to create jobs, real jobs.
Creating jobs is not as easy as it sounds. Trump is a business man. he can see the maths. If the US is to compete with China it needs to have energy at the same price as in China. US wages will always be higher than China, but if products can be made at home the saving in shipping costs can offset the higher domestic wage.
The easiest way to create some real jobs is to open up the coal mines, and pull away from the expensive renewables. This will create jobs in the rust belt states and by switching back to fossil fuels as the main energy source, the cost of energy can be brought down to Chinese levels and will enable US steel and aluminum to compete with foreign imports,
I think that Trump has to go hell for leather on coal and gas. .he has no choice if he is to create some real jobs. This alone will mean that the Paris Accord will be thrown out.
Naturally, there will be a lot of opposition to that strategy and to overcome the opposition, he will need to show that cAGW is a hoax. I see an attack on the IPCC and the temperature data records going hand in hand with a policy favouring fossil fuels.
I consider that the climate alarmists should be concerned because the number one policy of a Trump administration is the creation of jobs, and green technologies are a drag on job creation, whereas powering forward on fossil fuels will encourage growth and jobs.
The sh@t is about to hit the fan of reality and ordinary commercial business sense.
Go Trump.

Griff
Reply to  richard verney
November 11, 2016 7:10 am

Genuine query: what effect does cancelling NAFTA have on Us jobs? Do they come back from Mexico ??

Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 9:03 am

Not likely, but at least it might stop the bleeding. GM just announced they are planning to move 2,000 more jobs to Mexico, and John Deere is rumoured to be planning the same, which would all but kill manufacturing in the Quad cities.

Bryan A
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 12:33 pm

What it will do is increase the gross prices of goods produced there that are then import taxed upon entering the U.S. creating an environment where goods produced here would be more competitive price wise and making relocating there less financially lucrative…bottom line

Non Nomen
November 11, 2016 12:49 am

…pull away from the expensive renewables…

Back to demand and supply at competitive costs without subsidies.

November 11, 2016 1:15 am

Yup. Now that Trump has been elected, all the same people who said he didn’t have a chance or was unfit for the job and in every other possible way were promoting Hillary Clinton will be telling him all the things he “needs” to do.
Interesting times.

Griff
November 11, 2016 1:33 am

I’d like to think that the leaders of nations are intelligent enough and strong enough to admit when they are wrong and change policy.
America will damage its reputation and prosperity and future if it rejects the science of climate change.
and what’s with the language of ‘betrayal’ lately?
Until brexit and Trump opposition to the policy of a government was just that, opposition, not betrayal.
Democracy is suffering from this rhetoric…

Non Nomen
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 1:50 am

America will damage its reputation and prosperity and future if it rejects the science of climate change.

It is the anthropogenic factor that is currently overguessed, overmodeled or overestimated, if there is any. Climate has and always will change. And for scientific reputation it is of outstanding importance to discuss results and findings and revoke them if facts are misinterpreted. That’s real science.

Felflames
Reply to  Eric Worrall
November 11, 2016 2:43 am

Eventually some very irritated citizens decide to hold a revolution.
Has happened in the US before,nothing to stop that happening again.

Mike the Morlock
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 2:26 am

Griff November 11, 2016 at 1:33 am
Hello Griff,
let me put things in perspective for you. Up until the fall of the Soviet Union the The United State was quit willing to toss the entire world into the fire just so we could keep our political system, our freedoms, rights, life styles. If the USSR attacked we would not limit our response to a token strike as the rest of the world counciled we would hit them with ever thing we had. Not a brick on a brick nor a stick on a stick would be left. It did not matter, if we were to perish so would our enemies and it did not matter who else along with us.
Do you really think we care about what the rest of the world thinks?
When this country was founded we were the only Nation not beholden to to a King, Prince of Emperor. We ignored all of them. Just as we will ignore cop 22,23,24,56, beginning to understand, are we learning yet?
The Jig is up. Get over it. This country has more important things to do then be ensnared in the scam you peddle
michael

Patrick MJD
Reply to  Mike the Morlock
November 11, 2016 3:24 am

“Mike the Morlock November 11, 2016 at 2:26 am”
And American nukes arrived in the UK, Greenham Common base in the early 1980’s, 1984 IIRC. I recall seeing the arrival from the A34, just outside Newbury, Berkshire (Pronounced Barkshire).

Griff
Reply to  Mike the Morlock
November 11, 2016 7:09 am

Hmm! Back to US isolationism then?
There are parts of the world where the US taking its ball home would be seen as a great benefit…
However, I think the US pulling out of world affairs is ultimately bad: it has been a shining example of democracy over the years.

Reply to  Mike the Morlock
November 11, 2016 9:16 am

“When this country was founded we were the only Nation not beholden to to a King, Prince of Emperor.”

You forgot Switzerland, whose existence as an independent republic predates that of the U.S. by several hundred years. Its model of democratic governance is far superior to that provided by the American constitution.
Swiss-style direct democracy would be the most effective countermeasure against the corruption prevailing in Washington, as well as in most other Western capitals. As long as you delegate all power to a small number of people, these will always be targets of corruption. However, it is difficult to bribe a whole people to vote against its own best interests.

Patrick MJD
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 2:31 am

“Griff November 11, 2016 at 1:33 am
I’d like to think that the leaders of nations are intelligent enough and strong enough to admit when they are wrong and change policy.”
There’s your problem, you thought and you thought wrong that leaders are intelligent and strong. Or do you mean lying manipulative bar stewards? On the latter, I would agree.

AndyG55
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 3:14 am

“I’d like to think that the leaders of nations are intelligent enough and strong enough to admit when they are wrong and change policy”
Yep, Trump is among the first to wake up and realise the IMMENSE economic and environmental damage caused by the AGW agenda.
He will now start to RESTORE America’s reputation and prosperity, and base his efforts on REAL science , rather than the conjured fabrications of the AGW scam..
Other countries will soon follow.

markl
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 10:09 am

Griff commented: “…America will damage its reputation and prosperity and future if it rejects the science of climate change…”
Quite the opposite. When the truth comes out it will be regarded as a savior….without firing a shot. For once science will have a voice and audience with the US government.

Patrick MJD
November 11, 2016 1:33 am
Bob Lyman
November 11, 2016 1:43 am

Donald Trump, when he becomes President, can completely undo COP21 and the UN global warming artifice through two simple acts – withdrawing U.S. participation and denying funding for the Green Climate Fund. The COP21 agreement is merely an agreement to submit plans to reduce emissions and to pay money into the fund with the intention that the total committed be no less than $100 billion per year. There was no agreed formula for how the $100 billion would be allocated, among donors or recipients, except that the money would come from the “wealthy” countries and would go to the less developed countries. The developing country group, led by India, has stated firmly that, unless the wealthy countries provide the funding they want (with no strings attached as to how they will actually use, or account for, the funds), they will not undertake the immensely expensive measures that would be required to phase out the use of fossil fuels within a generation. Thus, with no money from the country expected to be the largest donor, the Green Climate Fund has no prospect of meeting the developing countries’ demands, and they correspondingly will not sacrifice their economic development prospects. As, according to the International Energy Agency, almost all emissions growth will occur in the developing countries (including especially the Asian ones), the goals of COP21 cannot be achieved. The UN will have to go back to the drawing board. The good news for all the delegates is that this creates an almost endless set of opportunities for conferences in exotic places in future.

richard verney
Reply to  Bob Lyman
November 11, 2016 2:42 am

I think that it takes 4 years to withdraw from the Paris Accord, ie., one term of office.
But then again, the Paris Accord is non binding in that it merely sets out aspirations, not legally binding obligations backed up by the force of law.
I have little doubt that Trump will go hell for leather on coal and gas. To make America great requires this so that it can compete with China and the other developing nations..

Griff
Reply to  richard verney
November 11, 2016 7:07 am

yes – you can’t withdraw for 3 and must give 1 year’s notice.
(did you notice Australia ratified this week?)

Marcus
Reply to  richard verney
November 11, 2016 7:31 am

GRIFF !!! It is a non binding agreement, it is not even worth the paper it is written on….Executive Orders mean nothing to a new president…

Dave Fair
Reply to  richard verney
November 11, 2016 12:02 pm

Without the Clean Power Plan, the U.S. “Executive Agreement” means nothing. Without Green Fund money, the U.S. “Executive Agreement” means nothing. Without negotiations for ratcheting up Aspirations, the U.S. “Executive Agreement” means nothing.
The U.S. “Executive Agreement” means nothing. How often does it need to be said before people like Griffie get it. The decades long scam is coming to an end. The curtain behind which climate scammers hide has been drawn back. No more “Uncle Sugar” to the climate special pleaders.

Bryan J.
Reply to  richard verney
November 11, 2016 2:00 pm

RV — Ah, the power of the word “no” trumps any piece of paper. (Prepare for many, many uses of the word “trump” in the next few years!) One simple Presidential Finding — an Executive Order — and you’d be amazed at how many problems simply go *poof*! (Um, not in the Australian definition… ). The United States of America may be a constitutional Republic, but the President has so many powers. It’s something that can be abused, of course (as we’ve seen), but the beauty is in the proper use.

Patrick MJD
Reply to  richard verney
November 11, 2016 5:06 pm

“Griff November 11, 2016 at 7:07 am
yes – you can’t withdraw for 3 and must give 1 year’s notice.
(did you notice Australia ratified this week?)”
No we didn’t.

Griff
Reply to  richard verney
November 12, 2016 5:49 am

Marcus, well that’s interesting, isn’t it? Clearly someone signed an international treaty under a certain set of terms. Should keep legal types busy…

Krudd Gillard of the Commondebt of Australia
November 11, 2016 1:54 am

Trump is too smart to be fooled by the climate change bullsh*t. The Western World, let alone the USA can’t afford this fairy magic any longer.

Krudd Gillard of the Commondebt of Australia
November 11, 2016 1:57 am

And Turnbull can’t afford it either. The bloke has got to have some common sense.

Patrick MJD
Reply to  Krudd Gillard of the Commondebt of Australia
November 11, 2016 2:28 am

He doesn’t have to. He will pass on that cost to the rest of the country. He’s sweet, worth several tens of millions of AU$s. Every time I see his gums flapping on news channels I want to reach for a bucket!
Elitist, career, politicians such as Turnbull(Coat) are running scared IMO. I think Brexit was, possibly, the spark that lit the touch paper that resulted in the explosion of anti-elitist-career-politician sentiment among angry voters.
Listen up elitist, career, politicians, “Yes we can!” Remind you of anything?

Thomho
Reply to  Krudd Gillard of the Commondebt of Australia
November 11, 2016 4:57 am

You are right and after not one but two great
stuff ups in three months of the electricity system of South Australia bringing that state ( with already high unemployment to a standstill associated with unreliable renewables I think the penny has dropped with the Feds and many of the public .
The sight of idiot inner city greens cheering
the imminent closure of the 1600 MW brown
coal fired plant at Hazelwood inVictoria with loss of over a 1000 jobs in a depressed area
is not going to go down well with the public
That loss also means Victoria’s ability to export brown coal power to SA when the
wind does not blow there will be considerably lessened -something the green idiots of SA might like to factor into their risk management- “of their grid -assuming they know what that is

Griff
Reply to  Thomho
November 11, 2016 7:06 am

Nevermind: SA will be able to export excess wind power to Victoria, as it did recently.
There’s also plenty of underused coal capacity to compensate for Hazelwood.
Australia is building a lot of new soalr and solar CSP and storage… and the powerwall goes on sale next year.
Australia is heading for more and more renewables

Patrick MJD
Reply to  Thomho
November 11, 2016 5:04 pm

Australia is heading down the sh!tter Griff…

Greg
November 11, 2016 2:00 am

Representatives from 200 countries are at the Marrakech summit

Last time I checked there were not 200 countries recognised by the UN. These AAAS-holes can’t say anything without lying and exaggerating. At the next meeting in 6 months they’ll be claiming it’s 212 countries.

Ex-expat Colin
November 11, 2016 2:24 am

Eric…is Malcolm Roberts going to make a difference…I mean help bring the whole thing down?

Griff
Reply to  Eric Worrall
November 11, 2016 7:04 am

So given that Australia ratified the Paris agreement after the Trump victory, I don’t think Australia will be changing tack on fighting climate change?

Patrick MJD
Reply to  Eric Worrall
November 11, 2016 5:02 pm
Griff
Reply to  Eric Worrall
November 12, 2016 5:47 am

Patrick, this clearly uses the phrase ‘has ratified’
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/11/10/australia-ratifies-paris-climate-agreement.html
does ‘has’ have a unique Aussie meaning?

Patrick MJD
Reply to  Eric Worrall
November 12, 2016 6:56 pm

I would go with the comment at the ABC given the ABC is a govn’t propaganda machine, unlike Sky. So, I stand by my position that Australia has NOT ratified the treaty. And I can tell you, it Australia had, it would be all over the news here and it isn’t. Unless Australia thinks Trump is more of an issue. Not that either. Maybe Australia losing at cricket?

November 11, 2016 2:36 am

“The same contempt and disregard they themselves feel for the ordinary person”
What a condescending, presumptuous, pompous ass.

Non Nomen
November 11, 2016 3:25 am

Chris Hanley November 11, 2016 at 1:02 am
You miss my point, Trump has never been a politician, he is not beholding to anyone, he doesn’t think like a politician, he is seventy years old he will probably not stand again, he has control of both houses, what’s to stop him keeping his pledge to the American people?

If he as president elect is not a politician, is he running a laundry or a pet shop?
Neither the ‘D’ nor the ‘R’ are a monolithic block, he has adversaries who have an axe to grind with him. They will not come out into the open, not now, but you can bet that they will be there. It’s these “friends” within his party -it’s a political party, isn’t it?- who will oppose him fighting with tooth and claw. And they will, take it empirically, succeed in stopping some of his projects or water it down that it becomes unrecogniseable.
Trump isn’t the Messias. He isn’t a Saint either. He is clever and tough and still has to prove if he is reliable as well. Time to chill down, I think.

LewSkannen
November 11, 2016 3:35 am

My biggest fear is that he buckles. I am buoyed by the fact that he is rather unique and has shown no sign of backing down so I am confident that he will deliver.
We are, once again, relying on the US leader (as we did with Reagan) mainly because our other Western leaders are too spineless. The UK appears to have some gumption but here in Australia we have a spineless leftist elitist squish. If Trump can make the lead I am pretty sure we can get rid of Turnbull next year.

Bryan J.
Reply to  LewSkannen
November 11, 2016 1:50 pm

I’m a firm believer in positive reinforcement: If President Trump knows that he has strong support, he will be inspired to continue to keep the course. I wouldn’t worry about the usual suspects — the mainstream media, the Leftist members of Congress, the Social Justice Warriors — taking Trump off course. They’ve been discredited to such a degree that the majority of the American people will continue to back Trump’s basic principles.
If Donald Trump has any weakness — and it’s a human weakness that any honest person will admit to — is that they want to believe that they have support and backing. If enough people, both here in the United States and in other nations, are willing to continue to tell the new president that he is taking the right course, then the voices of the weasels in the press, the popular culture and the anti-science whores can be overcome.
It’s all a matter of staffing. Find the right people, with knowledge and backbone to stand up and do the right thing, and the culture — the “environment” — of the government can be shifted.

David Chappell
November 11, 2016 4:20 am

“Representatives from 200 countries” So who are the alien representatives there being only 196 (or 195 if you don’t count Taiwan) countries in the world.

November 11, 2016 5:24 am
Griff
Reply to  ptolemy2
November 11, 2016 7:51 am
Bruce Cobb
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 8:06 am

Just because someone else (supposedly) did something wrong, doesn’t make it right for you to.

Richard of NZ
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 9:42 am

Griff, did you actually read the article right down to the bottom? It turns out that the “right” were attacked by the Marxists.

Marcus
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 10:13 am

From YOUR link above…..
“Fox News contributor Steven Crowder was assaulted by a left wing union activist”
D’oh !!

Marcus
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 10:26 am

“Mob attacks Trump voter in Chicago”
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5206324654001/?#sp=show-clips
“Just like these people. shocking!”

Gamecock
November 11, 2016 5:46 am

They are saying, “I hope he fails.”

mountainape5
November 11, 2016 6:46 am

It’s like a dream come true, I’m not American but I’m just as much happy as you are.

Simon Ruszczak
November 11, 2016 7:45 am

Trump want betray your trust, he’s a honourable man, he’ll throw the AGW scam into the trashcan.

Griff
November 11, 2016 7:49 am

“President-elect Donald Trump can help the U.S. coal mining industry at the margin, but he probably cannot save it, unless gas prices rise significantly”
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-coal-idUSKBN13524Y

Bruce Cobb
Reply to  Griff
November 11, 2016 9:03 am

More lies from Griff (what else is new?).The pretense by Climate Liars is that there is a level playing field, and that there hasn’t been a concerted effort by the Obama administration to kill coal.Without that effort, the two industries, coal and gas would be competitive. Furthermore, getting rid of coal, its natural competitor means that NG prices would almost certainly rise due to increased demand.

Griff
Reply to  Bruce Cobb
November 12, 2016 5:46 am

Reuters is hardly a biased source, nor have I written the article!
shale gas will also benefit from Trump’s proposals on fuels… which will maintain the price advantage over coal.
There is a declining market for coal in the US – you might note also a declining need for miners, given mountain top removal has become a more prevalent recovery technique.

BernardP
November 11, 2016 8:35 am

November 11 – All mention of getting the USA out of the Paris Agreement seems to have disappeared from Donald Trump’s campaign website:
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/

Bruce Cobb
Reply to  BernardP
November 11, 2016 9:23 am

That website is very skimpy because well, the election is over. Meanwhile, the climate campaibners see the writing on the wall:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/09/trump-victory-reverses
The jig is up, and they know it.

Non Nomen
Reply to  Bruce Cobb
November 11, 2016 10:54 am

Sorry, there is something more serious going on. When Reuter’s made an inquiry on exactly that matter, the Trump folks did not reply at all. Same applies to the absolute stop of entry of any muslim into the US, which DT wanted to push through. No reply on that as well……

Marcus
Reply to  BernardP
November 11, 2016 10:31 am

“Rescind all job-destroying Obama executive actions. Mr. Trump will reduce and eliminate all barriers to responsible energy production, creating at least a half million jobs a year, $30 billion in higher wages, and cheaper energy.”
All Obama’s executive actions are toast….The Paris Agreement is not worth the paper it was scribbled on…(with red crayons of course.)

Non Nomen
Reply to  BernardP
November 12, 2016 12:03 am

DT cancels his promise to completely abolish Obamacare:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-willing-to-keep-parts-of-health-law-1478895339

markl
Reply to  Non Nomen
November 12, 2016 10:02 am

Non Nomen commented: “…DT cancels his promise to completely abolish Obamacare…”
Smart move. There are some parts that should be carried over. Not much, but some.

Non Nomen
Reply to  Non Nomen
November 13, 2016 1:00 am

markl November 12, 2016 at 10:02 am
Non Nomen commented: “…DT cancels his promise to completely abolish Obamacare…”
Smart move. There are some parts that should be carried over. Not much, but some.

So why on earth didn’t he say so rightaway?
That would have saved him much criticism and might have broadened his basis of voters.
Doing it the way he did is not the real McCoy.

markl
Reply to  Non Nomen
November 13, 2016 10:02 am

Non Nomen commented: “…So why on earth didn’t he say so rightaway?….That would have saved him much criticism and might have broadened his basis of voters. Doing it the way he did is not the real McCoy. …”
You’re still believing the MSM. Shame on you 🙂 Unlike Obama the MSM will make sure DT does everything wrong and continue to bias their ‘reporting’ to the left. We’ll be smothered with all the good Obama is leaving behind and how DT is ruining America.

Non Nomen
Reply to  Non Nomen
November 14, 2016 1:34 am

markl
November 13, 2016 at 10:02 am
Non Nomen commented: “…So why on earth didn’t he say so rightaway?….That would have saved him much criticism and might have broadened his basis of voters. Doing it the way he did is not the real McCoy. …”
You’re still believing the MSM. Shame on you 🙂 Unlike Obama the MSM will make sure DT does everything wrong and continue to bias their ‘reporting’ to the left. We’ll be smothered with all the good Obama is leaving behind and how DT is ruining America.

Well well well, nothing to do with MSM:
But none of these positive reforms can be accomplished without Obamacare repeal. On day one of the Trump Administration, we will ask Congress to immediately deliver a full repeal of Obamacare.
Guess where these words are found!
Here is the answer: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform
Let’s wait and see what he really can accomplish.
The idea of becoming a
one-dollar-president has my full support.