Trump calls up the mayor and says “Your island has been there for hundreds of years, and I believe it will be for hundreds more”.
However, studies show that sea level rise is affecting Tangier at an alarming rate. A graphic from the the Army Corps of Engineers shows what the island will look like in the next century if nothing is done. In fact, Tangier is losing up to 16 feet of shoreline per year. On an island that's only 1.3 square miles, that's significant.
As reported by CNN. The mayor of the Trump voters responds:
"The sea level rise, I just don't see it," Eskridge said. "The reason we're focused on erosion is because we can see it. Erosion will take us away long before sea level rise will."
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Eskridge told Trump that he hoped the President would cut down the time on studies and maybe help with funding a sea wall. But he said they didn't go into detail about the wall, which the mayor says Tangier needs to survive, or about the jetty the island is expected to get next year for erosion of the harbor.
Perhaps they can get the Atlantic ocean, or maybe Mother earth, to pay for this wall.
These Trump supporters are not people that respond to logic, reason or data. They deny science and walk around with blinders on. It’s time to stop trying to “work with” them, convince them or convert them.
It’s time to give the nearly 50% of America who doesn’t have a reason to vote multiple reasons to do so. Things the American people say they want.