“Our lips are sealed!” is the new motto of White House staff when it comes to whether Donald Trump still believes climate change is a “hoax.” After Environmental Protection destroyer Scott Pruitt and Press Secretary Sean Spicer fielded at least eight direct questions on the matter at Friday's press briefing, we're no closer to getting an answer.
But Spicer was singularly pathetic, first claiming he hadn't "had an opportunity to have that discussion" with Trump and then this:
Looks like we can cross that one off the list.
Pruitt never directly responded to the handful of inquiries he got, instead advancing a "Pittsburgh First" rationale.
"All the discussions we had through the last several weeks have been focused on one singular issue: Is Paris good or not for this country."
Apparently, rising sea levels will be a real boon for the country.
But Spicey and Pruitt aren’t alone. An aversion to discussing Trump's climate views has swept the entire staff, and no one lies quite Kellyanne Conway.
“The president believes in a clean environment, clean air, clean water. He has received awards as a businessman, in that regard.” (The Washington Post's fact-checkers have yet to find any evidence of those awards.)
Fortunately, a review of Trump's Twitter feed more than settles the matter—he's expressed skepticism of global warming some 115 times—including his 2012 assertion that “the Chinese” made it all up. But why the White House just can't admit their nut job pr*sident doesn't believe in global warming is a mystery. It’s so popular with his base.
Check out some of Trump’s gems: