Smoke from the Cameron Peak fire billows into the Poudre Canyon on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020.
President Joe Biden began enacting his climate campaign hours after his inauguration Wednesday, drawing the support of Colorado experts and officials who saw his actions as a first step toward more aggressive measures down the line.
He signed several executive actions, including to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement and rescind a permit for the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. He also called for a review of policies enacted by former President Donald Trump, who worked to roll back a wide range of environmental protections during his term.
richardson, former new mexico governor, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., and he has successfully negotiated the release of americans held in north korea. thank you so much for being with us. thank you, nicolle. so obviously you know the nature of the north korean regime better than anybody, and no matter who the american president is, we root for the home team. but former cia director john brennan said to me about a week ago that he was worried that the president was setting himself up to be duped by kim jong-un. do you think the president got outmaneuvered? well, clearly this is part of the president s negotiating strategy. you know, when he doesn t like something, he opts out like with the paris climate talks, the trans-pacific partnership, the iran issue. and now i think he felt that maybe he was being outmaneuvered, so the best thing to do is get out. but i do think the north koreans overplayed their hands, although i can tell you i ve dealt with
the paris climate talks, the trans-pacific partnership, the iran issue. and now i think he felt that maybe he was being outmaneuvered, so the best thing to do is get out. but i do think the north koreans overplayed their hands, although i can tell you i ve dealt with them. this is typical. they bluster. they flex their muscles. they don t show up at meetings. they insult. they insulted the vice president. so what you have is because they don t think like we do.
but former cia director john brennan said to me about a week ago that he was worried that the president was setting himself up to be duped by kim jong-un. do you think the president got outmaneuvered? well, clearly this is part of the president s negotiating strategy. you know, when he doesn t like something, he opts out like with the paris climate talks, the trans-pacific partnership, the iran issue. and now i think he felt that maybe he was being outmaneuvered, so the best thing to do is get out. but i do think the north koreans overplayed their hands, although i can tell you i ve dealt with them. this is typical. they bluster. they flex their muscles. they don t show up at meetings. they insult. they insulted the vice president. so what you have is because they don t think like we do. they think in their little own cocoon, and i don t know if the president s people have experience dealing with them.
tillerson may not be secretary of state and they need to be prepared for that. mike pompeo is a guy who seemed to have the president s favor. he s impressed the president in these daily intelligence briefings as the cia director, and to replace him, we re saying this is what the people from the white house are telling us, it could be tom cotton. so anita, mike pompeo brings an interesting resume. first at harvard law school, came into the house as part of the tea party coalition. what would he bring to state that tillerson doesn t? they differ very, very much. all these things that we have that the president has differed with rex tillerson on, north korea diplomacy, the iran nuclear deal, the paris climate talks. this would be something that mike pompeo is much more on the same page with the president. much more of a hardliner, less about diplomacy, which is an interesting job for him to be talking about taking the top diplomatic job in the united states.