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Enemies of the Planet

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2016

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Jacob Weisberg talks to Bill McKibben about Donald Trump's potential selection for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, and the other climate change denying members filling out the President-elect's cabinet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:03.4

I just want to ask you about your skepticism about the intelligence community.

0:08.0

You are getting the presidential daily brief only once a week.

0:13.0

Well, I get it when I need it.

0:15.2

But is there some skepticism?

0:17.4

First of all, these are very good people that are giving me the briefings.

0:21.0

And I say, if something should change from this point, immediately call me.

0:24.8

I'm available on one minute's notice.

0:26.7

I don't have to be told, you know, I'm like a smart person.

0:30.0

I don't have to be told the same thing and the same words every single day

0:35.2

for the next eight years.

0:37.4

Could be eight years, but eight years.

0:40.4

It defies belief that somehow Republicans in the Senate are reluctant to either review Russian tactics

0:46.1

or ignore them.

0:47.2

They have no idea if it's Russia, or China, or somebody.

0:51.2

It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace.

0:53.8

The facts are stubborn things.

0:55.3

They did hack into this campaign.

0:58.4

I am somebody that gets it.

1:01.1

And nobody really knows it.

1:06.7

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast, the show about the man who says,

1:11.3

nobody really knows whether climate change is real.

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