Trump rambles like an insane asylum resident literally every day and nobody bats an eye

Biden forgets a couple names and has a bad throat and everyone loses their minds

Trees can explode. Windmills cause cancer. Exercise is bad because the body has a limited supply of energy, like a battery.

A pity that Trump missed his true calling as a scientist.

Is this a real quote? I can never tell

Conservatism is a plague of idiocy, oppression and death. It always has been.

ah yes, trees. notorious for falling down after 18 months.

Project 2025 reads like a terrible fan-fictional villain's manifesto...

You are all missing the point.

Trees are not a "problem", but rather an untapped resource.

I mean look at them, millions, nah billions of them just sitting there, none of them are generating a penny for our billionaires.

Imagine what our glorious billionaires can do if we allow them to just chop down all those trees? Think of all the beautiful toiler paper for our collective asses, as well as the billion of bibles (including a copy of the constitution) that they can sell to us for the low low price of $65.

And as an added benefit, getting rid of all those trees will also eliminate the problem of forest fires. You can't have those without forests in the first place.

To be sure, some forests will need to be left alone, specially those close to residential areas, but not for the reasons that you think.

We need those forests to actually burn down, hopefully taking down those houses next to them. Why? Think about it. If all those houses burn down then we can use those trees we chopped down elsewhere to build new houses, a BOOM for the construction billionaires. And also, it means that houses next to those forest that can accidentally burn down will have to have an increase in their insurance premium, we can even make it so that forests close to houses have a private company to fight forest fires, think of all the benefits for billionaires.

Once you start thinking money, it all makes sense

The ever amazing Republican, Teddy Roosevelt created the USFS as a way to create jobs and have sustainable lumber resources. He also wanted to make sure that nature was conserved so he could go use his guns to kill things. Of course he was so badass he fought bears with his hands instead.

That is the kind of Republican we need. Make Republicans Great Again!

I thought it was because someone forgot to rake?

There's a detailed write up about these comments here:

https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/09/15/once-and-for-all-trees-do-not-explode/

Fucking pinhead for President.

Trees can explode actually 😅 Eucalyptus and Aspen trees are know to explode during bush fires.

They don't explode unbidden like you might assume given Trump's comment. He seems to do this a lot; he talks about something real, in a way that demonstrates he's garbage at communicating anything even remotely technical.

The real solutions is of course tending our forests to ensure there's not enough combustible material to cause dangerous fires. More resources for the forest service is essential. It makes me wonder if these gaffs are far more effective at directing our attention away from the substance of the problem with Trump

white house to be replaced with large black tower

civil servants will all be based off of Ivanka's stem cells

the white hand of trump is ... trying to get up from the couch

Trump is not entirely correct, but there is actual fire science he is kind of referencing that is correct. Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Trees aren't necessarily always good, and cutting down trees and removing fuel load (fallen limbs, trees, leaves technically but not as big a factor) ... removing fuel load is an extremely important part of preventing huge wildfires. There are ecological reasons to remove trees, including fire prevention, and also including prevention of succession (sometimes trees can take over grasslands/shrublands ... grasslands are a much rarer and more threatened ecotype than many forests).

You can’t make this shit up. 🤦

Do you think he once heard someone talking about an explosion in a sawmill and his mind turned it into exploding trees like a 5 year old would?

If a tree explodes in the woods and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound?

Trees can explode actually, but primarily when they are filled with sap and hit with a sudden, extreme cold snap. They'll only explode due to heat if they're already surrounded by fire and are going to burn no matter what.