New York Times columnist and author of the not very subtly titled book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, David Wallace-Wells, joined MSNBC’s Alex Wagner on her Friday show to react to some of Donald Trump’s cabinet selections. In the midst of his gloomy climate assessments, Wallace-Wells would claim Trump’s victory has shown that China has surpassed the U.S. “in its imperial place in the world.”
While some of Trump’s cabinet picks have gotten lots of scrutiny from the media, some, like EPA Administrator and Secretary of the Interior nominees Lee Zeldin and Doug Burgum have gotten less attention. Wagner sought to change that, “This week we learned that Trump’s going to be appointing Doug—or is aiming to appoint Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, and the chairman of a newly formed National Energy Council. The focus of which is…
