Edit : This is an update of an article that appearedhereyesterday , short before the fitting was confirmed .
Trump ’s storage locker is nothing short of an anti - intellectual curl call , a Pandora ’s Box ofbloviating ignoramusesjust look to be afford on inauguration day . Now , another anti - scientific member has joined the roll for the host of doom .
It has been formally announced that Trump ’s nominating address for the young Secretary of State is the current ExxonMobil chiefRex Tillerson , a multinational oil and gas corporation based out of Texas with an highly chequer account .
“ Rex Tillerson ’s career is the embodiment of the American dream , ” Trump said , as report byBBC News . “ His persistency , broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics make him an excellent choice for Secretary of State . ”
Tillerson has no prior government or diplomatic experience , so it ’s worth looking at his line record to foretell what his priorities will be as Secretary of State .
ExxonMobil was infamously found to have hadlied about its prior knowledgeof global heating for decades . Under Tillerson ’s tenure , though , the party did ultimately acknowledge the skill behind mood change .
However , ExxonMobil has failed to propose any initiative to combat climate variety , and Tillerson himself hasclaimedthat the “ world is work to have to go forward using fossil fuels whether they care it or not . ” Worse , although the company has place in research chemical group designed to investigate mood alteration , it has at the same time invested far more inclimate modification abnegation think - tanks .
Tillerson also has incredibly close tie beam to Russian empire , including state - ladder Rosneft . to boot , he ’s quite a good friend to President Putin and has tacitly back up some of his geopolitical ambitiousness , something which is alarming to both Democrats and plenty of Republicans .
If Tillerson is sustain by the US Senate , it is percipient that he will bring a huge number of battle of interest to the table .
Scientifically speaking , though , this date is another chapter in the nightmare before Christmas . Under Tillerson , US foreign policy will no doubt be driven to a large extent by the erroneous indigence for fossil fuels , and he is surrounded by other cabinet members who will support his measure .
Although not seemingly one himself , it is singular how many climate modification deniers will be in positions of ability come inauguration day .
The Secretary of the Interior , theChief - of - Staff , the Housing and Urban Development Secretary , thespace scienceadvisor , the drumhead of the Department of Energy and even the head of theEnvironmental Protection Agencyare all ostensibly confident humankind - made climate change is a myth . Oh , and do n’t block the President - elect is too , recently claiming that “ nobody really get laid ” what ’s cause climate alteration .
[ H / T : BBC News ]
