Donald Trump Taps Lee Zeldin To Lead Environmental Protection Agency

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Nov 11, 2024, 04:31 PM EST


President-elect Donald Trump on Monday announced his choice of former Rep. Lee Zeldin to serve as his administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a Cabinet-level position overseeing enforcement of pollution-control standards.

“Lee, with a very strong legal background, has been a true fighter for America First policies,” Trump said in a statement. “He will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet.

Zeldin, a New York Republican who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2022, is Trump’s second Empire State nominee to serve in his administration. Over the weekend, he announced Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as his choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

“It is an honor to join President Trump’s Cabinet as EPA Administrator,” Zeldin wrote in a social media post on Monday.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lee-zeldin-epa-trump-cabinet-pick_n_67326a3ae4b07ebab742148f

[ananda]

1. Which, of course, means Environment Destruction Agency

America First means only billionaires and predatory corporations.

[VMA131Marine]

2. We need to start an over/under on each of these nominees

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Based on how many days we think each will last in their positions.

Zeldin does not seem that radical on the environment, although he opposes the Paris Accords. He has previously partnered with Chuck Schumer on environmental legislation (2015).
Over/Under: Under 365 Days

Elise Stefanik is a true believer in the cult of Trump. But she is ambitious and I could se her distancing herself from Trump near the end of his term if she’s thinking about running for President.
Over/Under: Over 1200 days

[littlemissmartypants]

3. I haven't a clue ...

What over under means. Care to elaborate?



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[VMA131Marine]

6. Sure!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over%E2%80%93under

Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more
nounUS
1. A bet on whether the outcome of an event (usually the combined score of a sports game) will be above or below a number established in advance by the bookmaker.
"the over-under in hockey gives you less chance of losing"

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Ok...

How about...
Can you give me another example?

Why would you expect a winning score to be over a combined score? That sounds like too high of an expectation.

I'm sorry VMA131Marine, but I'm not getting it.

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[LudwigPastorius]

14. It would be like this:

In sports, the over/under is usually set on the final combined score in a game.

In Thursday night's NFL game the over/under is 48.5. If you bet "under", and the combined score at the end of the game is lower than 48.5, you win. If bet "over", and the combined score at the end of the game is higher than 48.5, you win.

Now say, the bookie or casino sets the over/under on Lee Zeldin's firing date as March 7th, 2026.

If you bet the "under", you are betting that he gets fired before then. If he does get fired before then, you win the bet. If you bet the "over", you bet that he'll be fired after that date. If he does, you win the bet.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Thanks so much for this, LudwigPastorius.

These are exactly what I needed. Now I get it!



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[orwell]

11. They will not elect a woman...

...sorry Elise.

[ancianita]

4. For future reference & research on "loyalty" qualifications, here's wikipedia's updates of Trump's cabinet picks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump

Wonder who runs the Project 2025 loyalty board that vets trump's cabinet.

Project 2025 envisions sweeping changes to economic and social policies and the federal government and its agencies. The plan proposes taking partisan control of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Commerce (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), dismantling the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and abolishing the Department of Education (ED), whose programs would be transferred or terminated.[26][27] It calls for making the National Institutes of Health (NIH) less independent...

[kimbutgar]

5. I'm glad I live in California where we have strict laws that this jerk can't overturn.

[VMA131Marine]

8. As you know, Federal Law supersedes state law in cases

Where the Constitution grants powers to the Federal Government. This has been a bone of contention with “conservatives” who say the Fed has been usurping state power. This SCOTUS has also tended to rule in their favour but don’t be surprised if that changes when Trump’s federal government wants to impose its will on blue states. The 6 RW justices are nothing if not hypocrites.

[calimary]

9. Well, THAT sounds like a bad joke.

“He will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet.”

I don’t see how you square that. Unleashing the power of business AND maintaining “the highest environmental standards” for clean air and clean water. There’s no way to have all those things turned all the way up at the same time. Something’s gonna be kicked down into Lower-PriorityLand. And business will demand and damn near kill for first place in that pecking order.

In the Great Lust for Dollars, clean air and clean water will be talked about, alright, - and reliably IGNORED.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. "I don't see how you square that. Unleashing the power of business AND maintaining 'the highest environmental standards'

This is where we are now...

[bucolic_frolic]

12. The whole MAGA destruction of government has been about the right to pollute

The right to pollute can mean $2 Trillion to American business. Yes, Trillions.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. MAPA Make America pollute again