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Trump Meets With Al Gore on Climate Change While House G.O.P. Rebuffs Tariff Plan Trump Meets With Al Gore on Climate Change While House G.O.P. Rebuffs Tariff Plan
(about 3 hours later)
President-elect Donald J. Trump and his daughter Ivanka met with former Vice President Al Gore on Monday to discuss human-caused climate change. Meantime, Mr. Trump has chosen the retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson to be his housing secretary. Anti-immigration groups maneuver for Kris Kobach to be named head of homeland security. President-elect Donald J. Trump and his daughter Ivanka met with former Vice President Al Gore on Monday to discuss human-caused climate change. And a fake-news believer finds the truth at a pizza parlor.
Al Gore thought he would be bending the ear of the adviser Mr. Trump trusts most, his daughter Ivanka.Al Gore thought he would be bending the ear of the adviser Mr. Trump trusts most, his daughter Ivanka.
Instead, the man bearing “The Inconvenient Truth” went straight to the source: the president-elect himself.Instead, the man bearing “The Inconvenient Truth” went straight to the source: the president-elect himself.
“I had a lengthy and very productive session with the president-elect,” Mr. Gore, the former vice president, told reporters at Trump Tower. “It was a sincere search for areas of common ground. I had a meeting beforehand with Ivanka Trump. The bulk of the time was with the president-elect, Donald Trump. I found it an extremely interesting conversation, and to be continued.”“I had a lengthy and very productive session with the president-elect,” Mr. Gore, the former vice president, told reporters at Trump Tower. “It was a sincere search for areas of common ground. I had a meeting beforehand with Ivanka Trump. The bulk of the time was with the president-elect, Donald Trump. I found it an extremely interesting conversation, and to be continued.”
Hundreds of scientists are also telling Mr. Trump in a new letter that climate change is real and needs to be addressed:Hundreds of scientists are also telling Mr. Trump in a new letter that climate change is real and needs to be addressed:
“We urge you to decide if you want your presidency to be defined by denial and disaster, or acceptance and action,” says the new letter, which will be sent on Tuesday and has already been signed by 700 scientists and academics from related disciplines. The letter lists six steps the president-elect can take to help protect the nation’s “economy, national security, and public health and safety.”“We urge you to decide if you want your presidency to be defined by denial and disaster, or acceptance and action,” says the new letter, which will be sent on Tuesday and has already been signed by 700 scientists and academics from related disciplines. The letter lists six steps the president-elect can take to help protect the nation’s “economy, national security, and public health and safety.”
Getting Mr. Trump, who has called climate change a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese, to turn around on the issue might not be as unlikely as his public statements would make it seem. It may come down to who has his ear last.Getting Mr. Trump, who has called climate change a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese, to turn around on the issue might not be as unlikely as his public statements would make it seem. It may come down to who has his ear last.
It must have felt familiar to Mr. Gore, confronting a president-elect who had just lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College.It must have felt familiar to Mr. Gore, confronting a president-elect who had just lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College.
In point of fact, Mr. Gore’s loss to George W. Bush pales in comparison with Hillary Clinton’s. If you’re still counting, Mrs. Clinton’s popular vote lead over Mr. Trump climbed to 2,597,156 over the weekend, five times Mr. Gore’s final lead over Mr. Bush. And at 2 percentage points, Mrs. Clinton’s lead has equaled Jimmy Carter’s victory spread over Gerald Ford in 1976.In point of fact, Mr. Gore’s loss to George W. Bush pales in comparison with Hillary Clinton’s. If you’re still counting, Mrs. Clinton’s popular vote lead over Mr. Trump climbed to 2,597,156 over the weekend, five times Mr. Gore’s final lead over Mr. Bush. And at 2 percentage points, Mrs. Clinton’s lead has equaled Jimmy Carter’s victory spread over Gerald Ford in 1976.
On Tuesday, House Democrats will convene a forum on the “Electoral College and the Future of American Democracy.” No word on whether they will be picking up the tab to move Californians to Florida and Ohio.On Tuesday, House Democrats will convene a forum on the “Electoral College and the Future of American Democracy.” No word on whether they will be picking up the tab to move Californians to Florida and Ohio.
The electoral recriminations keep rolling in. A former Breitbart News reporter claimed last night on Facebook that he planted Clinton hecklers at her rallies, and has since deleted the post.The electoral recriminations keep rolling in. A former Breitbart News reporter claimed last night on Facebook that he planted Clinton hecklers at her rallies, and has since deleted the post.
The gunman who stormed a Washington pizzeria on Sunday confirmed that he was motivated by online articles that convinced him that the restaurant, Comet Ping Pong, “was harboring sex slaves” and that he was “armed to help rescue them,” according to documents released at his arraignment.
After the suspect, Edgar M. Welch, “found no evidence that underage children were being harbored in the restaurant,” he surrendered peacefully, the documents said.
The truth now known, perhaps Mr. Welch could tell the son of the president-elect’s pick for national security adviser, who said on Twitter:
Also, if he had kept his assault rifle stashed, the gunman could have enjoyed a pizza and a beer, but we Washingtonians understand the wait for a ping-pong table can be pretty long.
The House majority leader said a Republican-led Congress would not support the president-elect’s vow to hit companies that move overseas with a hefty tariff on goods sent back to the United States.The House majority leader said a Republican-led Congress would not support the president-elect’s vow to hit companies that move overseas with a hefty tariff on goods sent back to the United States.
And House Speaker Paul D. Ryan hinted strongly that he wouldn’t go along either.And House Speaker Paul D. Ryan hinted strongly that he wouldn’t go along either.
“I don’t want to get into some kind of trade war,” Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader, said in response to vehement threats by Mr. Trump over the weekend.“I don’t want to get into some kind of trade war,” Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader, said in response to vehement threats by Mr. Trump over the weekend.
Mr. Ryan echoed Mr. McCarthy’s view that an overhaul of the corporate tax code would better keep jobs in the United States than a punitive tariff on companies that send work abroad.Mr. Ryan echoed Mr. McCarthy’s view that an overhaul of the corporate tax code would better keep jobs in the United States than a punitive tariff on companies that send work abroad.
“I think we can get at the goal here, which is keep American businesses American, build things in America and sell them overseas. That can be properly addressed in comprehensive tax reform,” the speaker told a Wisconsin reporter.“I think we can get at the goal here, which is keep American businesses American, build things in America and sell them overseas. That can be properly addressed in comprehensive tax reform,” the speaker told a Wisconsin reporter.
In a storm of Twitter posts over the weekend, the president-elect had been uncompromising on the proposal.In a storm of Twitter posts over the weekend, the president-elect had been uncompromising on the proposal.
An umbrella organization of Jewish groups is holding a Hanukkah party at the new Trump International Hotel in Washington, and one of its member groups is not too happy about it.
“In the years to come, Jews in America are going to be regularly tested to make the right choices, and this is clearly not one of them,” wrote Peter Pepper and Ann Toback, the president and executive director of the Workmen’s Circle, in a letter to Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
In a telephone interview, Mr. Hoenlein said that the venue choice had been made by the partner for the party, the Azerbaijani Embassy, and that it was one of the few places that would hold a kosher reception on short notice.
“There’s no other significance to it,” Mr. Hoenlein said, adding that Mr. Trump is not yet president, “so there’s no conflict.”
Of course, that partner, Azerbaijan, isn’t terribly popular either.
Mr. Trump has a message to the news media: Cover him the way he wants or he’ll just have to keep tweeting — regardless of the consequences.Mr. Trump has a message to the news media: Cover him the way he wants or he’ll just have to keep tweeting — regardless of the consequences.
The president-elect’s victory tour started with a bang in Cincinnati when he took a shot at Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and prompted the crowd into another round of “Lock her up” by saying how much he enjoyed beating up on Mrs. Clinton.The president-elect’s victory tour started with a bang in Cincinnati when he took a shot at Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and prompted the crowd into another round of “Lock her up” by saying how much he enjoyed beating up on Mrs. Clinton.
The next dates are out:The next dates are out:
■ Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C., at 7 p.m. Tuesday■ Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C., at 7 p.m. Tuesday
■ Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines at 7 p.m. Central time Thursday.■ Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines at 7 p.m. Central time Thursday.
■ DeltaPlex Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich., at 7 p.m. Friday■ DeltaPlex Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich., at 7 p.m. Friday
Retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis may have led the 1st Marine Division during the invasion of Iraq and later oversaw the campaign for Falluja, but he now thinks the Iraq War was a mistake.Retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis may have led the 1st Marine Division during the invasion of Iraq and later oversaw the campaign for Falluja, but he now thinks the Iraq War was a mistake.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” the president-elect’s choice to be secretary of defense told a conference in California, according to an audio tape obtained by The Intercept, “we will probably look back on the invasion of Iraq as a mistake — as a strategic mistake.”“Ladies and gentlemen,” the president-elect’s choice to be secretary of defense told a conference in California, according to an audio tape obtained by The Intercept, “we will probably look back on the invasion of Iraq as a mistake — as a strategic mistake.”
Perhaps not coincidentally, Mr. Trump — his boss, should he be confirmed by the Senate — had a similar change of views on the war, though the president-elect has famously insisted he always opposed the invasion.Perhaps not coincidentally, Mr. Trump — his boss, should he be confirmed by the Senate — had a similar change of views on the war, though the president-elect has famously insisted he always opposed the invasion.
Mr. Trump selected Carson, a formal rival for the Republican presidential nomination, to be his secretary of housing and urban development, despite Mr. Carson’s lack of experience in housing policy.
The president-elect said:
The housing mortgage market has been largely under federal control since the Great Recession and the collapse of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been under federal receivership for nearly a decade.
Mr. Trump said during the campaign that America’s inner cities were wastelands of violence and depravity. Mr. Carson, if confirmed, will have his work cut out for him.
Mr. Carson’s spokesman has said that the former neurosurgeon did not have the management experience to run an entire federal agency.
Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the minority leader, was not pleased with news of the appointment:
Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, the man who was said to have entered a Washington pizzeria armed and looking for a pedophile ring run by Hillary Clinton and her campaign chairman, John Podesta, is expected to appear in D.C. Superior Court at 1 p.m.
Mr. Welch, from Salisbury, N.C., was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for firing his gun inside Comet Ping Pong.
The gunman entered the restaurant that had been the target of harassment after a fake news article said it was the base of a child abuse ring, firing his weapon before being arrested on Sunday and escalating fear in what is normally a quiet neighborhood.
The episode in northwest Washington severely escalated what had already been a tense period after false rumors began to spread that the restaurant was somehow tied to a child abuse ring run by Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Podesta.
That might sound far-fetched, but it led to dozens of threats against its employees by email and on social media.
Even the son of retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, picked to be Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, was still trafficking in the so-called Pizzagate conspiracy theory Sunday night.
In a statement, Comet Ping Pong’s owner, James Alefantis, condemned those who had spread the fake reports about child abuse.
“What happened today demonstrates that promoting false and reckless conspiracy theories comes with consequences,” he said. “I hope that those involved in fanning these flames will take a moment to contemplate what happened here today and stop promoting these falsehoods right away.”
Sabrina Ousmaal, the owner of the French restaurant Terasol, across the street from Comet, was furious:
“I hope you never ever have to live the day, the minute, the second your heart stops and your body goes in trance because you just received an email from your 20-year-old who came to surprise you this weekend saying there is a shooter outside and that she is in lockdown,” she wrote in an email.
Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate struggling to get traction for the recounts she is pressing in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, held a protest across the street from Trump Tower Monday morning.
Mr. Trump let the world know what he thought of Ms. Stein and her efforts on Sunday when he thought she was dropping her Pennsylvania push.
That only egged on Ms. Stein to change her mind and press legal action to get a recount started in the Keystone State.
Several groups who favor limiting immigration are voicing their opposition to Representative Michael McCaul as a potential secretary of homeland security, saying the Texas Republican has been weak on border security.Several groups who favor limiting immigration are voicing their opposition to Representative Michael McCaul as a potential secretary of homeland security, saying the Texas Republican has been weak on border security.
Mr. McCaul, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has been a frequent critic of what he says is the Obama administration’s failure to adequately combat the Islamic State.Mr. McCaul, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has been a frequent critic of what he says is the Obama administration’s failure to adequately combat the Islamic State.
But groups like the Center for Immigration Studies say Mr. McCaul’s efforts on border security and immigration have been weak and counterproductive.But groups like the Center for Immigration Studies say Mr. McCaul’s efforts on border security and immigration have been weak and counterproductive.
“He’s been the chairman of this critical committee and never tried to push through legislation that adequately addresses border security, immigration and homeland security,” said Jessica M. Vaughan, the director of policy studies at the center.“He’s been the chairman of this critical committee and never tried to push through legislation that adequately addresses border security, immigration and homeland security,” said Jessica M. Vaughan, the director of policy studies at the center.
The real aim may be less about opposing Mr. McCaul than opening a lane for the group’s homeland security chief of choice: Mr. Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state.The real aim may be less about opposing Mr. McCaul than opening a lane for the group’s homeland security chief of choice: Mr. Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform did not directly oppose Mr. McCaul but said the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security needed to be someone who would implement real border and immigration security.The Federation for American Immigration Reform did not directly oppose Mr. McCaul but said the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security needed to be someone who would implement real border and immigration security.
“If Representative McCaul is chosen to head D.H.S., he will need to take a much more expansive view of border and immigration enforcement than he has in the past,” said Dan Stein, the president of the federation.“If Representative McCaul is chosen to head D.H.S., he will need to take a much more expansive view of border and immigration enforcement than he has in the past,” said Dan Stein, the president of the federation.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be in the Senate chamber on Monday for an important procedural vote on a $6.3 billion disease research bill that is close to becoming law.
The Senate will vote on whether to cut off debate and move to a final vote later in the week. If the bill gets the 60 votes it needs on Monday, the final tally will be pro forma.
The bill, although opposed by Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, means a lot to the vice president. It will fund the cancer “moonshot” called for by President Obama in this year’s State of the Union address and inspired by the death of Mr. Biden’s son, Beau, last year.
For all their differences during the campaign, Mr. Trump and the speaker of the House, Paul D. Ryan, now talk more or less daily, by Mr. Ryan’s account.
And neither man seems eager to get off the phone. Their calls last 20 to 45 minutes, Mr. Ryan said in an interview on “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday.
The logistics are straightforward enough. “He answers his cellphone,” Mr. Ryan said.
“He’s a pretty casual guy,” Mr. Ryan added of the president-elect. “He calls me Paul.”
Mr. Ryan, citing his “reverence for the office,” said he opts for “Mr. President-elect” in addressing Mr. Trump.