Tim Alberta on Trump’s Climate Change Tweet: ‘Master Lesson’ in How to Antagonize Your Political Opponents on Social Media

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ALBERTA: "Steve, I had the exact same initial reaction. This is sort of a Trump 101, you know, master lesson in how to antagonize and aggravate your political opponents on social media. So yes, I did think that initially, although on a second read I do think this is also sort of a lagging justification of the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accords. Of course, that was rather contentious at the time and there was pushback from within the administration, from high ranking members of the administration when he made that decision. So, I think that that continues to be a source of some tension in the West Wing and I think that Trump obviously is trying to kill two birds with one stone making the argument here about climate change while also sort of sticking a finger in the eye of his political opponents."