Tangier Island Mayor's Excuse: Trump "Isn't Really A Sea-Level Rise Guy"
Have fun on your sinking island, Yeronner. I hope you're a swimming guy.
The mayor of an an island that is literally sinking into the Atlantic Ocean due in part to a combination of sea level rise and climate change defended comments made by President Donald Trump last week by telling CNN that “the president isn’t really a sea level rise guy.”
Last week, the mayor of Tangier Island, Virgnia got a call from President Trump, who had just watched a CNN special about the island’s plight. Trump, who does not accept the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, reportedly told the mayor not to worry about sea level rise. “Your island has been there for hundreds of years, and I believe your island will be there for hundreds more,” Trump said, according to the mayor’s recounting of the conversation.
Tangier Island, which is home to around 500 residents, has lost nearly two-thirds of its landmass since 1850; it continues to lose around 16 feet of shoreline per year. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, the island could be uninhabitable in 20 to 50 years, even under conservative sea level rise scenarios.
The island overwhelmingly supported Trump in November, with 90 percent voting for him. Tangier’s mayor, James Eskridge, told CNN that he thinks erosion is a more immediate concern for the island than sea level rise.
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https://thinkprogress.org/trump-sea-level-rise-not-really-his-thing-93201660d119
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"Trump digs coal". 
