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I am happy to see that Trump is a man of his word. I voted for him just because of this campaign promise. I would have voted for almost anyone who promised this.

>>macinj+(OP)
What were your number 2 and 3 issues, out of curiosity?

Were there any accompanying policies that you would say, "despite promising to free Ross Ulbricht, I don't think accompanying Policy X would be worth it?"

>>macinj+(OP)
This one act was more important than the Paris agreement?

>>dimato+91
Immensely more important than an ineffective agreement on an overblown problem.

>>macinj+(OP)
How could that possibly be the most important political issue?

>>thfura+L2
Unless it's your day job: never try to unpack the priorities of a voter. You'll just get sad.

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>>macinj+(OP)
How do you feel about him backing down on H1B visas, price of groceries, peace in Ukraine...

>>thfura+L2
I am very sympathetic to the idea of voting just for Ross. It is unclear to me which candidate would be better, since neither of them are close to my political beliefs at all. It is a deadlock and I seem completely unrepresented. The consequences of voting based on any big issues I care about seems completely unpredictable; politics is a game of lies, smoke and mirrors. So I would perhaps rather vote for the candidate that would definitely save one person's life that is important to me.

>>dimato+91
Not OP, but yes, immensely. Two different galaxies.

The Paris Agreement is a joke; it has done nothing. It's just a bunch of big-ass politicians and a few celebrities bloviating about not solving the problem.

Look, I'm not disputing at all that global warming is an issue, or that we need to solve it, or that humans cause it, or whatever. But the Paris Agreement and those all other agreements are all about big idiots pretending to do stuff.

Probably the most effective thing we have done globally to combat warming is changing to electric cars, and that's NOT the Paris Agreement. Not even close.

The Paris Agreement is the ultimate politician's move. Global warming is a technical problem and must be solved by technical means.

Ironically, the one person who is doing more than all the politicians combined to solve this is backing the current administration. Twitter is nuts over if he did a Nazi salute, while doing nothing to focus on solving what they believe is the biggest issue in our lifetimes.

>>tomjen+4v
>Probably the most effective thing we have done globally to combat warming is changing to electric cars, and that's NOT the Paris Agreement.

What do you think about Trump's actions on electric cars then?

>>macinj+p2
Wow, I couldn’t disagree more

>>dimato+91
If Paris agreements cannot prevent tariffs on Chinese EV and Chinese solar panels, which are basically battling climate change on Chinese money, these agreements don't justify the cost of paper they are written on.

>>ragazz+0C
Despite being pissed off with the previous comment, I don’t generally think about Trump if I can avoid it.

So I don’t know his specific policies here. I do know those of Elon Musk.

>>macinj+(OP)
>Trump is a man of his word.

Trump's history contradicts this.

>>macinj+(OP)
> I voted for him just because of this campaign promise.

LOL. You're a conservative Christian[1] who thinks climate change is a hoax[2].

[1] >>29187368

[2] https://hn.algolia.com/?type=comment&query=author:macinjosh+...

>>subsec+771
LOL!

You don’t know me. Seems you are pretty bigoted towards people not like you. How not progressive of you.

>>nptelj+z11
Not in this case and this is the only one I care about. So pound sand?

>>macinj+Hkb
No.