Aside from CNN’s perpetual updates on that truck blocking their view of the golf course, it might have been a slow night for news … that is, until President Trump decided to tweet, and the firefighters in the media rushed to their posts.
In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017
Ben Shapiro, as usual, gets it.
Trump to media, every day 24/7 pic.twitter.com/I1BfVJYMoV
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/946537708163354624
Aren’t they? The journalists at CNN seem to have been hardest hit by this latest Trump tweet, but they weren’t alone. Suddenly, after decades of reporting every extreme weather event as the result of global climate change, reporters deemed it necessary to remind the American public that there’s climate change, and then there’s weather.
CNN’s Chris Cillizza was ON IT.
Climate change is about the long-term changing of our climate — and increasing unpredictability in it. Not about a cold spell. https://t.co/mbqtOpp0xS
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 29, 2017
Oh really? Please, tell us more!
By the Trump logic, a warm summer would be incontrovertible evidence that climate change is real
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 29, 2017
Incontrovertible evidence, you say? As opposed to all of the media outlets that pretend a single study (not a survey) claiming a 97 percent scientific consensus on man-made climate change is incontrovertible evidence that climate change is real? The science is settled, remember?
The best part is that CNN’s Cillizza offered a USA TODAY story to explain the difference between weather and climate — must have been too much digging on CNN’s website to find something comparable.
'It's cold outside, but that doesn't mean climate change isn't real'https://t.co/L9hQXLIrlL
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 29, 2017
Who else was triggered by Trump’s tweet? CNN’s Abby D. Phillip helpfully forwarded this tweet to @realDonaldTrump.
U.S. to be coldest region in world relative to normal over next week. Please note rest of world will be much warmer than normal lest anyone try to claim pocket of cold in U.S. debunks global warming, which they will invariably and irresponsibly do. https://t.co/hzocqUrfKp https://t.co/4uA4fJUAyV
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) December 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/946535570242768896
Here’s CNN’s Ryan Struyk:
This is a jaw-dropping misunderstanding of what climate change is… https://t.co/aa0wATPjea
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) December 29, 2017
Yeah, we know … Cillizza just explained it to us.
CNN’s Dan Merica:
A reminder that President Trump’s tweets are to be treated as official White House statements… so the official White House position is that global warming could be a good thing. https://t.co/HPkt8kQmXY
— Dan Merica (@merica) December 29, 2017
Yeah, but just “a little bit” of it, OK? Don’t ignore the context.
Here’s CNN’s Jeremy Diamond:
Looks like our President still fundamentally misunderstands what global warming is. Or is misleading those who don’t understand the science. https://t.co/wXTA3qeq25
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) December 29, 2017
CNN’s Brian Stelter:
Buy a drink for the climate experts at @NOAA, @NASA, @EPA, @NSF, @Smithsonian, @DeptofDefense, @USDA.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 29, 2017
MSNBC’s Kyle Griffin decided to link to USA Today as well.
Climate change is about long-term trends: "2017 has seen far more record highs than record lows… Over the last 365 days, there have been roughly 3 record high temperatures in the U.S. for every record low temperature, according to federal gov't data." https://t.co/3hjD0CX2kg https://t.co/pI8SEZzmdC
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 29, 2017
We told you everyone rushed to man his battle station. Trump tweet incoming!
When the alien archaeologists study the ruins of human civilization, this will take a prominent place in their notebooks https://t.co/6eutLWiVcn
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 29, 2017
#FakePOTUS https://t.co/tCWKdeakTT
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 29, 2017
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) December 29, 2017
This statement shows we are idiocracy. "It's really cold outside today" is not about climate. And while people who laugh at science wont get it, yes, global warming can lead to mass freezing. Today, however, is just weather. But the least informed will keep laughing the loudest. https://t.co/KOlNUaNhU4
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 29, 2017
? I can’t. https://t.co/d1GNCFrknr
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) December 29, 2017
Either @realDonaldTrump doesn't understand the science behind climate change, or he is intentionally misleading the American people. Also, Merry Christmas (even though today is Dec 28) because the President says we can say that again (even though we have always been saying it). https://t.co/8KwaxdbvzB
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 29, 2017
I’m going to say something really crazy: I believe in science. Climate change is real and we have a moral obligation to protect this Earth for our children and grandchildren.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) December 29, 2017
Even the dictionary was triggered:
The global in #GlobalWarming means pertaining to the whole world. #ClimateChangehttps://t.co/37E30cDZVq https://t.co/gk7GmIJs0d
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 29, 2017
Keep warm out there.
I was at the Military Bowl in Annapolis today and could have used some Global Warming. Trump is right! https://t.co/KnfEX8XTEO
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) December 29, 2017
Donald Trump must be the first leader in history who believes it's his duty to regularly troll the majority of his own citizens. https://t.co/obFYQaFmz0
— randy turner (@randyturner15) December 29, 2017
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