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Trump was being Trump: simplify complex issues and claim there is an easy answer, blame everyone else and boost yourself. It has long been recognized that over

Trump was being Trump: simplify complex issues and claim there is an easy answer, blame everyone else and boost yourself. It has long been recognized that overreaching burn prevention has led to the situation we are in. There are often "controlled" burns that get out of control. There are inhabited/developed areas within and next to the forests that don't want to deal with the smoke of the burn and the chance that it gets out of control. The total area is immense and so the costs of burning 30% of the state which is forest would also be immense. The point is: it is complicated and there are practical considerations why it isn't an easy fix. The next thing is Trump said they should "rake" the forests, which is asinine. Finally, much of California's forests are federal land ... which Trump was responsible for. How many people did he send out to rake the forest?

gadders 3y ago
God forbid people simplify complex issues. Your cognitive dissonance is real. He proposed what the parent comment said. Either Trump and the parent comment were both wrong or they were both right.
- tasty_freeze 3y ago
  Trump blamed California for not raking their forest, and presented it as a simple solution. Trump was not right, for three reasons. One doesn't rake the forest to solve the problem, there are reasons (political and financial) why doing a controlled burn on 1/3 of the state hasn't happened, and finally, most of that is federal land -- Trump's responsibility. BTW, I lived in California from 1985-2003; this issue existed then, and for decades before my time, and it continues to this day. It was there when California had Republican governors, Democratic governors, Republican presidents, and Democratic presidents. Complex issues have multiple layers, often on opposition to each other. When you claim it is a black and white issue, you (like Trump) demonstrate you don't understand the topic.
  - gadders 3y ago
    He was directionally right - clear out the underbrush. I'm pretty comfortable with the president not knowing the specifics.

gadders 3y ago

God forbid people simplify complex issues. Your cognitive dissonance is real. He proposed what the parent comment said. Either Trump and the parent comment were both wrong or they were both right.

tasty_freeze 3y ago
Trump blamed California for not raking their forest, and presented it as a simple solution. Trump was not right, for three reasons. One doesn't rake the forest to solve the problem, there are reasons (political and financial) why doing a controlled burn on 1/3 of the state hasn't happened, and finally, most of that is federal land -- Trump's responsibility. BTW, I lived in California from 1985-2003; this issue existed then, and for decades before my time, and it continues to this day. It was there when California had Republican governors, Democratic governors, Republican presidents, and Democratic presidents. Complex issues have multiple layers, often on opposition to each other. When you claim it is a black and white issue, you (like Trump) demonstrate you don't understand the topic.
- gadders 3y ago
  He was directionally right - clear out the underbrush. I'm pretty comfortable with the president not knowing the specifics.