I betray no secret when I note that Donald Trump is not a man of policy sophistication. It is obvious that he is uninterested even in details that are crucial; instead, he goes with his “gut,” that is, his instincts, which often are sound but sometimes are dreadful. And despite, or perhaps due to, almost five decades in the Beltway, Joe Biden is not a man driven by central principles; instead, it is reasonable to hypothesize that he believes whatever he has heard from whomever he has spoken with last.
Nonetheless, the second presidential debate revealed sharp differences on a wide range of topics, climate and energy policies prominent among them. Herewith, comments on the candidates’ central assertions on those topics, driven by the moderator’s initial question: “For each of you, how would you both combat climate change and support job growth at the same time?”
Trump: “We have the trillion trees program...”
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