Trump Tells NYC - Try Mops and Buckets

When it comes to sea level rise, New York city, and Donald Trump, it's a 'perfect storm.' As far as the Mango Mussolini is concerned, the burghers of Manhattan can just take mops and buckets in hand the next time they're flooded. They're on their own.

He announced his position, naturally, in a tweet:

"A massive 200 Billion Dollar Sea Wall, built around New York to protect it from rare storms, is a costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly idea that, when needed, probably won’t work anyway. It will also look terrible. Sorry, you’ll just have to get your mops & buckets ready!"

But, when it comes to his golf course in Ireland, Trump is singing a very different tune.

As Politico detailed during the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump International Golf Links sought to build a seawall to protect a golf course he owns in Ireland from “global warming and its effects.” 

In a permit application for the wall, Trump International Golf Links cited scientific studies indicating that a rise in sea level could result in damaging erosion in a bay near the golf course. 

“If the predictions of an increase in sea level rise as a result of global warming prove correct ... it is likely that there will be a corresponding increase in coastal erosion rates not just in Doughmore Bay but around much of the coastline of Ireland,” the application says. “In our view, it could reasonably be expected that the rate of sea level rise might become twice of that presently occurring. ... As a result, we would expect the rate of dune recession to increase.”