Lobster Lies, or, some thoughts on this tweet in no particular order: [thread] https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1275951862269829121
Falsehood #1: the tariffs on lobster are Trump's fault - they were retaliation for Trump's own tariffs that he put into place on Chinese goods. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/06/chinese-tariffs-put-pressure-on-lobster-bourbon-exporters.html
Chinese tariffs put pressure on lobster, bourbon exporters

Distributors of U.S. goods from lobster to bourbon face uncertainty after being hit by retaliatory tariffs from China.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/06/chinese-tariffs-put-pressure-on-lobster-bourbon-exporters.html
Falsehood #2: lobster landings and values were the highest ever under President Obama (and lasted until Trump's trade wars killed exports). https://www.maine.gov/dmr/commercial-fishing/landings/documents/lobster.graph.pdf
Falsehood #3: Lobstermen in Maine can't make lots of money - not because they can't catch lobster, there is plenty of lobster to be caught - but because of the unchecked coronavirus pandemic killing sales. So there is no "mak[ing] lots of money." https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2020/06/23/lobster-prices-crash-prevention-regulators-new-england
As Price For Catch Falls, Maine Lobstermen Seek Ways To Prevent Crash

Dock prices for lobster in Maine are dropping as low as $2.30 a pound, and lobstermen and regulators are looking at options to prevent a full-fledged crash.

https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2020/06/23/lobster-prices-crash-prevention-regulators-new-england
Falsehood #4: Trump is causing severe and permanent harm to the Maine fishing and lobster industry through his war on the climate. Warming water, ocean acidification, & sea level rise are the #1 threat to Maine's way of life. https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/08/maine-voices-we-need-leadership-on-climate-change/
Maine Voices: We need leadership on climate change - Portland Press Herald

Changing behavior on the local level won’t be enough to do what needs to be done.

https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/08/maine-voices-we-need-leadership-on-climate-change/
If you care about Maine, fishermen, lobstermen, or the ocean - take #OceanClimateAction now. Here's how, in handy graphical form.
If you care about Maine, fishermen, lobstermen, or the ocean - take #OceanClimateAction now. Here's how, in handy graphical form.
If you care about Maine, fishermen, lobstermen, or the ocean - take #OceanClimateAction now. Here's how, in handy graphical form.
If you care about Maine, fishermen, lobstermen, or the ocean - take #OceanClimateAction now. Here's how, in handy graphical form.
If you care about Maine, fishermen, lobstermen, or the ocean - take #OceanClimateAction now. Here's how, in handy graphical form.
Consider buying seafood from your local fishermen. Here's how to find them: https://localcatch.org/ 
Local Catch Network - LocalCatch.org

https://localcatch.org/
To conclude: you'll learn more by watching @sarahcpr's How to Lobster than by reading Trump's extraordinarily falsehood-filled tweet. So do that instead. /fin
WAIT how did I not make #LobsterLies a hashtag what is wrong with me
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