He sounds insane in this.
Trump:
I have some great, great, very successful golf courses. Ive received so many environmental awards for the way Ive done, you know.
Guardian:
The only award that could be found seems to be a 2007 prize given to the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey by the Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation. That award was received by the grounds director, Greg Nicoli, for preserving 45 acres of bird habitat on the property.
A few years later, Trump cut down a small forest in Virginia for the sake of another golf course, and in May of 2011 New Jerseys department of environmental protection fined him for repeated violations. He has also called for dismantling basic Environmental Protection Agency programs and rules.
Vanity Fair (2011):
In June 2008, Trump traveled to Scotland to discuss his plans to construct the finest golf course in the world on the site of some environmentally fragile sand dunes that he described as kind of disgusting.
The Wall Street Journal piece about the hearing is delightful:
After a representative of the Scottish Wildlife Trust said Mr. Trump had ignored his own environmental consultants advice, Mr. Trump said he didnt need to read the reports, since he was already an expert.
I would consider myself an environmentalist in the true sense of the word, Mr. Trump said, a comment that drew so much laughter from the public gallery that the inquiry chairman had to call for order.
Mr. Trump added that putting a golf course on the dunes would actually preserve them, since they wouldnt blow away in a storm.
Trumps Scottish scuffle was the subject of a May 2008 Vanity Fair investigation by Alex Shoumatoff. And, as Shoumatoff reported, Trump doesnt have much outward affection for animalsnot that this is necessarily a prerequisite for wanting to protect them, we guess:
Trump says, Do you think manatees know theyre alive? Theyre like huge amoebas, constantly getting hit by boats. I dont think theyre 100 percent there. I say theyre related to elephants, so they must have some smarts, and its not like they want to be shredded by propellers.
Trump:
I have some great, great, very successful golf courses. Ive received so many environmental awards for the way Ive done, you know.
Guardian:
The only award that could be found seems to be a 2007 prize given to the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey by the Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation. That award was received by the grounds director, Greg Nicoli, for preserving 45 acres of bird habitat on the property.
A few years later, Trump cut down a small forest in Virginia for the sake of another golf course, and in May of 2011 New Jerseys department of environmental protection fined him for repeated violations. He has also called for dismantling basic Environmental Protection Agency programs and rules.
Vanity Fair (2011):
In June 2008, Trump traveled to Scotland to discuss his plans to construct the finest golf course in the world on the site of some environmentally fragile sand dunes that he described as kind of disgusting.
The Wall Street Journal piece about the hearing is delightful:
After a representative of the Scottish Wildlife Trust said Mr. Trump had ignored his own environmental consultants advice, Mr. Trump said he didnt need to read the reports, since he was already an expert.
I would consider myself an environmentalist in the true sense of the word, Mr. Trump said, a comment that drew so much laughter from the public gallery that the inquiry chairman had to call for order.
Mr. Trump added that putting a golf course on the dunes would actually preserve them, since they wouldnt blow away in a storm.
Trumps Scottish scuffle was the subject of a May 2008 Vanity Fair investigation by Alex Shoumatoff. And, as Shoumatoff reported, Trump doesnt have much outward affection for animalsnot that this is necessarily a prerequisite for wanting to protect them, we guess:
Trump says, Do you think manatees know theyre alive? Theyre like huge amoebas, constantly getting hit by boats. I dont think theyre 100 percent there. I say theyre related to elephants, so they must have some smarts, and its not like they want to be shredded by propellers.