Doughmore beach, Co Clare
It’s a classic Mexican stand down.
Bloomberg reports:
US President-elect Donald Trump withdrew an application to build a sea wall aimed at protecting his golf resort in Ireland, the latest twist in a project that had stoked tensions in a tiny village on the Atlantic coast.
Clare County Council, the Irish municipality, said on its website that Trump’s company shelved plans to construct defenses about 1.7 miles (2.8 kilometers) long at his golf resort close to the village of Doonbeg. The plan was submitted on behalf of Trump in May, and spokesman for the authority confirmed it had been withdrawn.
The planned sea barrier may now be replaced with a scaled-down version, Friends of the Irish Environment, which opposed the wall, said in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday.
Trump Scraps Plan for One of His Walls After Golf Row in Ireland (Bloomberg)
Pic: Save Doughmore/Doonbeg Beach (Facebook)
Him and his walls…
The sea refused to pay for it.
Ha ha! Great headline
Those dunes will look lovely with a mile long, 10ft wall in front of them.
Have the Mexicans refused to pay for it?
was having problems with the link
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-06/trump-scraps-plan-for-one-of-his-walls-after-golf-row-in-ireland
WaPo reporting he sold all his shares-inc in controversial DAPL pipeline co.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-sold-all-shares-in-companies-in-june-spokesman-says/2016/12/06/55419d44-bbcf-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.5a3076c6c328
note that it was said it was withdrawn, not refused.
Yes, amended plans being submitted “to address concerns”.
Either way, that’s him away now..
See ya.
Loser.
I wonder if this is a political move. Like, he can’t publicly claim climate change is a hoax while at the same time trying to build a wall to protect against sea level rise caused by climate change.
I get the distinct impression Trump does what he likes and lets others fill in Machiavellian motives and cleverness. An idiot savant of the post-truth world.
He can say one thing and do another. It’s what politicians do before and after elections.
Ideological consistency and logic has never seemed to bother him, in fairness