Trump claims BC's 'very large faucet' could help California's droughts — UBC prof says not so fast

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has seemingly promised California "more water than you ever saw" by tapping into what he described as a "very large faucet" from Canada's rivers and melting snow caps. However, University of British Columbia (UBC) economics professor Werner Antweiler says the idea isn't as simple as Trump made it out to be.

#Trump #Canada #ColumbiaRiver

[Brdstfff]

Tell Californians to EMPTY THEIR SWIMMING POOLS. Then maybe we'll talk.

[brendamiller]

I'm so thankful he's not Canadian

[ISMsoccerboy]

"Just turn the water back"

Yeah donald, just use a sharpie on a map and itll work

[joanderson]

Has no idea what he's talking about. And it's OURS conOld, you're not getting your tiny, slimy mitts on it!

[kendron-zwrh]

He's definitely not playing with a full deck but that's why MAGA love him

[delningit]

That water is needed right where it is for the salmon fishery. Heres a thought, dont put people and farms in the desert

[butler-macdonald]

Canada doesn't have millions of gallons of water, it has millions of litres of water 🙄 geez

[idaho_girl]

To our Canadian neighbors, we are so sorry for Trump.

[healingvsion]

Now he thinks hes an expert on how other countries are run too 🙄

[chestnut]

relying on canada for water is not the answer. you have to manage wht you have. period. like it or not

[jamesfriesen]

The idea of stealing water from Canada goes back to the 1960s, when NAWAMPA and GRAND were first proposed. The cost of building either would be hundreds of billions of dollars, and the reality is Canada needs that water for our own use.

[althunder]

BC gave millions of liters of water to Nestle for almost free so why not give millions more to California? I'm being sarcastic of course.

[treelover]

I LIVE NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER. THAT WATER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CANADA, WASHINGTON, AND OREGON.WE DON'T NEED TO TURN OUR AREA INTO A DESERT.

[DeeDeerae]

He knows nothing about anything. Sigh. Lock him up

[sgueymard]

Remember when Trump thought he could buy Greenland!

[mikejohnson]

I'm sure Donnie has a great uncle who was a PHD hydrologist so naturally Donnie is a genius hydrologist. And he also has all the best words. Bing Bing Bong!

[QuetzalcoatlTemple-sm]

A first graders understanding of hydrology. "There's a very big faucet and it takes all day to turn it on "

[francesthomas]

Rtump again thinking he knows more than anyone in tve history of CA

[hotpocket]

Trump doesn't understand something?
I am shocked!!!
SHOCKEDAAA

[mc]

He only says turn the faucet and using simple analogies because some adviser explained it to him like child so he can actualy understand it! 🤣