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Donald Trump: Don't hand federal lands to states
CBS News ^ | January 23, 2016 | Reena Flores

Posted on 02/22/2016 10:25:45 AM PST by magellan

Real estate mogul Donald Trump would not let states take control of federal lands, the Republican presidential candidate said in a recent interview.

"I don't like the idea because I want to keep the lands great, and you don't know what the state is going to do," Trump said during a talk with Field & Stream magazine earlier this week.

The trade publication, sitting down with Trump at Las Vegas' Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show, had asked about the issue of turning over federally controlled lands to individual states -- an idea previously floated by rival 2016 contender and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and supported by staunch states-rights activists.

The proposal has also received more attention in light of recent actions by radical conservatives like Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his son Ammon Bundy, who led an armed group earlier this month in occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon to protest federal land use policies.

Trump cautioned, however, that states would be unpredictable in maintaining the designated lands.

"I mean, are they going to sell if they get into a little bit of trouble?" Trump asked. "I don't think it's something that should be sold."

He added: "We have to be great stewards of this land. This is magnificent land. And we have to be great stewards of this land."

The billionaire businessman suggested later in the interview that while he was a fan of oil and gas companies drilling and fracking on federal lands, protecting the earth should still be a top priority.

"I'm very much into energy, and I'm very much into fracking and drilling, and we never want to be hostage again to OPEC and go back to where we were. And right now, we're at a very interesting point because right now there's so much energy," Trump said. "And maybe that's an advantage and maybe--actually, it's more of an advantage in terms of your question because we don't have to do the kind of drilling that we did."

"I am for energy exploration, as long as we don't do anything to damage the land. And right now we don't need too much -- there's a lot of energy," he said.


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To: Blood of Tyrants
Not one especially, but I'm concerned about what may happen if Cruz winds up our nominee and some Lib federal judge in a state like Ohio or Florida or California prevents him from being on the ballot based on a lawsuit over his eligibility.

Wouldn't for a moment put it past the Libs to push that front in a Cruz V. Clinton fight.

41 posted on 02/22/2016 10:42:59 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: austingirl

Mail.


42 posted on 02/22/2016 10:43:18 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump to McCain - "Pass the strawberries".)
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To: magellan
"I am for energy exploration, as long as we don't do anything to damage the land. And right now we don't need too much -- there's a lot of energy," he said.

Emil Faber could not have said it any better.

43 posted on 02/22/2016 10:43:22 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: magellan

When you think about it, there is really nothing to backup the value of the US currency except whatever property the federal government holds. It seems to me that they should be drilling and mining that land and use those commodities to backup the dollar. I know it’s a drop in the bucket, but still. Some day the currency hoax bubble is gonna burst.


44 posted on 02/22/2016 10:44:09 AM PST by Perchant
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

45 posted on 02/22/2016 10:44:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: subterfuge

“In the next hour this thread will have75 posts of screaming Trump supporters explaining what Trump really meant and how he’ll make America Great aga”

This article was already discussed back on JANUARY 22ND when it was posted before.

Would I like all of the land to go to the states? Sure. Do all of the states want it? Not really.

Did even Reagan make a rush to do it? No.

Is this the issue of our time? Nope.

Are there any people on this site that refused to go to a national park because of this? I doubt it.


46 posted on 02/22/2016 10:46:16 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: magellan

“...you don’t know what the state is going to do”.

Uh, no, Donald. You don’t. But you also don’t know what the Feds via the EPA are going to do to totally screw up the state’s and the citizens that live in that state’s land (See: EPA pollutes Animas River in Colorado in the biggest environmental disaster in decades).

Offhand, I’ll take what the states ‘might do’ over what the incompetent Fed always does any damned day. But thanks for showing us (again and still) just who and what you really are, Donald. Just another pro-big government leftie.


47 posted on 02/22/2016 10:46:28 AM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: austingirl

Me too - and probably an issue Trump doesn’t really understand from either a constitutional or practical perspective.


48 posted on 02/22/2016 10:47:16 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: magellan
Trump is right. Many States cannot be trusted to preserve the land but will sell for profit. You cannot open up the return to some States because of so much abuse.

But, I am sure that a proper partition by individuals or for proper State projects would be considered by the Trump Presidency. Trump realizes that as America expands so does the need for land expansion. As a businessman it is part of his world.

49 posted on 02/22/2016 10:47:29 AM PST by Logical me
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To: austingirl

Bingo


50 posted on 02/22/2016 10:47:42 AM PST by svcw (An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a subject)
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To: magellan

This is about #93 on the list of most critical issues facing the country right now. The usual band of posters crying that Trump is a liberal or he lost my vote over something that’s not going to change for awhile if ever. Get the rest of the house in order and then have a discussion about turning the land back to the states.


51 posted on 02/22/2016 10:48:00 AM PST by usafa92 (Trump 2016 - Destroying the GOPe while Making America Great Again)
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To: magellan

I disagree with him.

Of course this is one more issue that ranks down in the 70s range, on my list of must haves.

Think about it. This issue will not change. It can be addressed later.

It’s not like he’s confiscating new land.

One more nothing burger for breakfast, lunch, and dinner day...


52 posted on 02/22/2016 10:48:04 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Of course they will


53 posted on 02/22/2016 10:48:08 AM PST by svcw (An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a subject)
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To: magellan

Ive at least noticed Turnip supporters aren’t even pretending he is remotely conservative so this doesn’t matter.


54 posted on 02/22/2016 10:48:11 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
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To: Blue Turtle

...and the Constitution be damned, right?


55 posted on 02/22/2016 10:48:21 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: xzins

When ones livelihood depends on said lands, then it —does— become an issue of the right to life and the right to keep and bear arms.

Ranchers and farmers lives depend on them being able to use the land, plus being able to guard against varmints....

Both the four legged kind and the two legged kind.


56 posted on 02/22/2016 10:48:55 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: magellan

Once again Trump speaking on a subject he knows nothing about.


57 posted on 02/22/2016 10:48:58 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoughtyOne

I disagree with him.

Of course this is one more issue that ranks down in the 70s range, on my list of must haves.

Think about it. This issue will not change. It can be addressed later.

Its not like hes confiscating new land.

One more nothing burger for breakfast, lunch, and dinner day...


I agree with what you say here... all of it.


58 posted on 02/22/2016 10:49:04 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: bigbob

It’s important to every state in the American West and Alaska.


59 posted on 02/22/2016 10:49:30 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: xzins
I still support Trump. He needs to be educated as does the vast majority of Americans. This is not crucial in the sense that the right to life or the right to keep and bear arms are.

Yeah, like he's been a consistent supporter on those issues too.

60 posted on 02/22/2016 10:49:32 AM PST by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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