
Originally Posted by
IanD
Votes. Simple as. If 90% of Americans were in favour of gun control Trump would be Tweeting in minutes about how he had always favoured such. Same with NHS in UK. Supporting the NHS is a vote winner amongst our ageing population. Climate change, by definition, is too long term for transient politicians to risk political power by introducing short term "fixes". Trump support a coal and oil industries as there are both votes and financial support available...and there is an election next year.