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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 03:18 PM Jun 2017

Haley: Trump 'believes the climate is changing'

Source: USA Today



Tom Vanden Brook , USA TODAY 2:53 p.m. ET June 3, 2017

President Trump believes climate change is real and human activity contributes to it, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley told CBS on Saturday.

Haley's statement follows two days of evading questions by the White House on Trump's beliefs on global warming, which in the past he has referred to as a "hoax."

Haley told CBS' Face The Nation repeatedly in an interview scheduled for broadcast Sunday that Trump acknowledges the climate is changing. On Thursday, he announced that he was withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris climate agreement that seeks to limit global warming through cuts in carbon emissions.

"The president believes the climate is changing," Haley said. "And he does know that pollutants are a part of that equation."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/06/03/president-donald-trump-un-ambassador-nikki-haley-global-warming/102460834/

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Haley: Trump 'believes the climate is changing' (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2017 OP
Thanks Nikkiii. What ever would we do with out great, insightful people like you.. pangaia Jun 2017 #1
Yes, Donald, this is what happens when you send someone to be U.N ambassador DFW Jun 2017 #2
I won't believe until I hear it from Trump, and when I do, I still won't believe it. Towlie Jun 2017 #3
Great tag line! Ligyron Jun 2017 #13
As if the whole world is waiting to hear what "Trump Believes" bucolic_frolic Jun 2017 #4
And tomorrow someone else from his clusterfuck. of an administration joeybee12 Jun 2017 #5
One word for you, Madame Haley: "eggshells". You are treading on them. The Sunkist Stalin Leghorn21 Jun 2017 #6
She wants to be fired. Nt Dream Girl Jun 2017 #17
So he knows but just doesn't care? -nt Bradical79 Jun 2017 #7
It doesn't matter what a dumb-ass "believes." sofa king Jun 2017 #8
Oh yeah nikki? Have you spoken to him mdbl Jun 2017 #9
repukes know climate change is real Skittles Jun 2017 #10
Nikki Haley: 'We absolutely need' Mueller's Russia investigation TomCADem Jun 2017 #11
I agree. She has ambitions for higher office, which is one reason she took the UN job. Lanius Jun 2017 #21
Climate changes everytime he leaves DC for FL chelsea0011 Jun 2017 #12
Just like he believes in great health care for everyone and cheaper wishstar Jun 2017 #14
he believes whatever he saw last on Fox rurallib Jun 2017 #15
To Haley: bresue Jun 2017 #16
After I deliberately shatter the Ming vase I don't get to pretend I believed it worth something. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #18
Hahahahahahaha. Which is why he won't say. truthisfreedom Jun 2017 #19
the water-carry babbles... Javaman Jun 2017 #20
So, where are right-wing nut jobs on climate change and global warming these days? Lanius Jun 2017 #22

DFW

(54,437 posts)
2. Yes, Donald, this is what happens when you send someone to be U.N ambassador
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 03:26 PM
Jun 2017

At the U.N., you talk (a lot) to people from other countries.

I know, I know, it's a serious occupational hazard, but what did you THINK the job entailed?

bucolic_frolic

(43,289 posts)
4. As if the whole world is waiting to hear what "Trump Believes"
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 03:32 PM
Jun 2017

Is is a reality TV show?

He's just grabbing headlines.

The world is already moving past this piece of human garbage. Only the
true believers pay any attention and they are a cult.

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
6. One word for you, Madame Haley: "eggshells". You are treading on them. The Sunkist Stalin
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 03:37 PM
Jun 2017

will shitcan you in a flash and send ole rinse preebuz over to fill your seat at the U.N. if you don't fall in line here pretty quick. PERIOD. No one will know or care, either.

She also said not long ago that Russia is most certainly not working in the best interests of the USA, and I thought rut roh, pack yer bags, m'am.

Repeat, "eggshells"

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
8. It doesn't matter what a dumb-ass "believes."
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 04:02 PM
Jun 2017

When you operate on nothing but bullshit "beliefs" that can change on a whim, because you can't take the time to think a thing through, the only thing that's for sure is that your option is total bullshit one hundred percent of the time.

It might happen to be correct, once in a blue moon, but it's still total bullshit.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
9. Oh yeah nikki? Have you spoken to him
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 04:13 PM
Jun 2017

I suspect you only read his twittering in which case I wonder where you got this.

Skittles

(153,193 posts)
10. repukes know climate change is real
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 04:36 PM
Jun 2017

they simply believe the right to exploit the earth / make money trumps any concerns of future generations

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
11. Nikki Haley: 'We absolutely need' Mueller's Russia investigation
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 04:41 PM
Jun 2017

I think Haley is just trolling Trump in order keep her political ambitions viable.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/22/nikki-haley-robert-mueller-russia-investigation-238668

The independent investigation into possible ties between Russian efforts to interfere in last year’s election and associates of President Donald Trump is necessary, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview that aired Monday morning, so that the issue can be put to rest.

The Department of Justice announced last week that former FBI Director Robert Mueller had been appointed as a special prosecutor to oversee the Russia investigation, a move that the president took little time to characterize as “the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history.” But Haley, visiting Jordan on her first foreign trip as Trump’s representative at the U.N., voiced support for Mueller’s appointment.

“I think we absolutely need the investigation,” she told NBC’s “Today” show. “I think that all these questions need to be answered so that the administration can get back to work.”

Haley also responded to a report last week that Trump had shared highly sensitive intelligence with two top Russian diplomats during an Oval Office meeting earlier this month, information that had been provided by a U.S. partner that was considered so secret that even American allies were purportedly not told of it. Haley said she would work to reassure U.S. partners in the Middle East that their secrets remain safe with the Trump administration.“

wishstar

(5,271 posts)
14. Just like he believes in great health care for everyone and cheaper
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 05:29 PM
Jun 2017

Empty words as the saying goes- actions speak louder than words

bresue

(1,007 posts)
16. To Haley:
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 06:18 PM
Jun 2017

That is not what Dump stated on his campaign trail nor during his withdrawal speech.

Most all citizens in the US can understand English quite well. Do not try to embroider on the truth! If he believes in climate warming, than he spoke lies. If he spoke the truth, then he does not believe climate warming.

Why is this so hard to understand?

And why is the truth so hard to be spoken?

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)
18. After I deliberately shatter the Ming vase I don't get to pretend I believed it worth something.
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 10:12 PM
Jun 2017

And any minions of mine trying to explain away my actions by saying I do believe the vase held value is full of shit.

Because, if I did believe the vase was valuable and broke it anyway, I did it out of spite and pettiness - and that makes it worse than if I was simply ignorant of the value.

truthisfreedom

(23,155 posts)
19. Hahahahahahaha. Which is why he won't say.
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 11:18 PM
Jun 2017

He's just a piece of shit, and he proves it every day. No account bullshitter.

Javaman

(62,534 posts)
20. the water-carry babbles...
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 09:59 AM
Jun 2017

tRump doesn't give a shit. It's all about money and appeasing his russian betters.

Lanius

(601 posts)
22. So, where are right-wing nut jobs on climate change and global warming these days?
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 10:37 AM
Jun 2017

They used to deny the existence of climate change. Then, they acknowledged it but said it wasn't caused or affected by human activity. Now, it seems some admit that humans are exacerbating climate change, but there's nothing we can do about it. I guess they're slowly coming around, LOL.

As far as Nimrata Haley goes, she has ambitions for high office (President, VP or Senate), which is why she took the UN ambassador job. She's trying hard to come off as a "sensible" Republican. Yeah, as if a "moderate Republican" will ever win the GOP primary!

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