US official reveals Atlantic drilling plan while hailing Trump's ability to distract public
Source: Guardian (UK)
Revealed: Interior department official says he is thrilled by Trumps knack for keeping the attention of the media and public focused somewhere else
A top US official told a group of fossil fuel industry leaders that the Trump administration will soon issue a proposal making large portions of the Atlantic available for oil and gas development, and said that it is easier to work on such priorities because Donald Trump is skilled at sowing absolutely thrilling distractions, according to records of a meeting obtained by the Guardian.
Joe Balash, the assistant secretary for land and minerals management, was speaking to companies in the oil exploration business at a meeting of the International Association of Geophysical Contractors, or IAGC, last month.
One of the things that I have found absolutely thrilling in working for this administration, said Balash,is the president has a knack for keeping the attention of the media and the public focused somewhere else while we do all the work that needs to be done on behalf of the American people....
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/14/offshore-drilling-trump-official-reveals-plan-and-distractions-delight
SOSO from the LePetomaine/Burns Administration...
yonder
(9,666 posts)OK, Joe. Sure. American people.
If the public (American people) needs to be focused somewhere else to accomplish your goals, as you say, then it's not quite on behalf of the public, now is it?
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)scrutineer
(1,156 posts)One of the things that I have found absolutely thrilling in working for this administration, said Balash,is the president has a knack for keeping the attention of the media and the public focused somewhere else while we do all the work that needs to be done on behalf of the American people that have large holdings of oil and gas producers in their portfolios. And for that matter foreigners that have large oil and gas holdings. Everybody else, well, fuck em, what do we care?
Maybe he didn't say that last part out loud, but...
Me.
(35,454 posts)There's always a leaker, intentional or not.