Thread by @SteB777

Really @Ed_Miliband?

How do you think this is going to pan out, with your government, trying to suck up and grovel, to a climate change denying, dictatorial, POTUS?

Appeasement doesn't work, as Chamberlain found out.

1/theguardian.com/environment/20…

I'm baffled at the lack of joined up thinking here. @Ed_Miliband's government, seems to think the best way to deal with Donald Trump, is to be subservient, and obsequious, rather than standing up to him, and being assertive.
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Trump has made it clear that he aims to totally wreck and destroy, climate policy.

So Ed seems to think, on the one hand his government can say to Trump, we'll do anything you want sir. Whilst pursuing climate action.
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That Trump will totally ignore @Ed_Miliband trying to big up climate action, with COP 29, whilst Trump is trying to undo all that.

It only makes sense if the climate policy @Ed_Miliband is pursuing is fake. Trump won't mind that.
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Does @Ed_Miliband, not consider, that when they're trying to beg Trump not to put tariffs on UK goods to the US worth billions of pounds, that Trump won't say, if you me to be nice to you, then you better drop all that climate shit.
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Trump, and his fossil fuel enablers, are virulently anti-climate action, climate change deniers. They want the US to be allowed to drill, drill, drill baby.

Do they think Trump will ignore governments he can threaten and blackmail, pursuing effective climate action?
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This is the dilemma, all those governments trying to appease Trump, are going to be faced with. Trump has no morals, he will not hesitate to try and blackmail and strong arm, those that are subservient to him, to do what he tells them to do.
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Whereas the EU, if the UK, rejoin, is a bloc big enough to stand up to the Trump bully boy, and to be assertive with him.

This is the thing about bullies, if you don't stand up to them, they will walk all over you.
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I'm utterly baffled at what is going on. Do they think Trump will respect them, whilst they are grovelling to him. No Trump will take that as a sign of weakness, and will think he can get these chickenshits, to do whatever he tells them.
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It's very simple, if the UK government, and all the others, claiming to want to address the climate crisis, are in the slightest bit sincere, they have to be willing to stand up to Trump, and say No!
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If @Ed_Miliband and the UK government think that realpolitik says they have to be slavering and subservient to Trump, then any stance they supposedly take on climate action, will be totally fake, because that's all uncle Donald will allow.
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The UK and other governments, are going to have to make a choice, they're either going to have to be assertive and firm with Trump, over climate action, or their commitment to addressing the climate crisis is totally fake, and they're misleading the public.
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