Trump official rips Americans who care about public land: 'Financially illiterate'
Source: raw story
David Edwards March 11, 2026 2:39PM ET
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum dismissed environmentalists' concerns by telling investment firm BlackRock that people who want to protect public lands were not "financially literate."
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"Congress has been enabled to pass permitting reform legislation," the host said. "What can the administration do to streamline this process from your perspective?"
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"You know, all the people that are trying to stop activity on federal lands, you don't understand the financial impact of it. I mean, all of you are financially literate, wouldn't it be great if we could have the world be a little more financially literate?" he added. "When we have the prior president, you know, with a stroke of a pen, take six and a half million acres of prime offshore, you know, out of, out of the things, legally not holding lease sales, but then separately says, this is like a marine sanctuary. We were able to reverse that."......................
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Trump official rips Americans who care about public land: 'Financially illiterate'
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Trump official rips Americans who care about public land: 'Financially illiterate'
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks during the 2026 Infrastructure Summit of government officials, corporate executives, and labor leaders, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
groundloop
(13,833 posts)And their ignorant greed is hurting the planet that they share with the rest of us.
walkingman
(10,835 posts)And yet we continue to elect these nasty bastards because most of America has the same worldview.
graycampervan
(53 posts)The land they are trying destroy/sell off doesn't belong to them, it belongs to all of us! These rich fucks can fly all over the world, THIS land is OUR land!
Oneironaut
(6,295 posts)Nothing is of any value to them if it doesn't make them money, including human life. They are barely even human anymore. They can't even perceive of life 5 years into the future. Just short-term Me Me Me thinking and hoarding wealth to try and fill the hole in their hearts that will never be filled.
They think wanting to see the stars is stupid. They think a passion for exploring new places and enjoying the beauty of nature is pointless - get back to work peon! What an utterly sad existence devoid of any meaning.
UpInArms
(54,953 posts)If theres a tree, well ram it
Were talking progress here!
(Dennis Hopper in Waterworld)
2naSalit
(102,725 posts)JFC!
hvn_nbr_2
(6,792 posts)To him, "financially illiterate" means that money isn't the only thing you value and greed is not your only motivation.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,125 posts)But hey, we have been worshiping that green piece of paper for a long while now.
I doubt that they will change overnight.
Unless something happens to remove their position. Or the thing that fives them that position.
Hmm....
sakabatou
(46,134 posts)BaronChocula
(4,541 posts)But go ahead and "punish" the coastal elites.
Nigrum Cattus
(1,314 posts)and worthless republicant's / billionaires hate
that any of us can enjoy time to relax
BaronChocula
(4,541 posts)Hunting and fishing are just 2 examples of recreational activities. And I didn't say "primarily." I said "largely." The gist of my comment was that a large chunk of public land users engage in RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES that appeal to the very types who support those who want to sell off public lands. In other words this is another example of republicans voting against their interests. So just to clarify, if you see someone hunting or fishing, they are actually engaging in recreational activities. And no, I'm not saying that only republicans enjoy hunting and fishing.
I could quote Lee Brice and other country artists to demonstrate the hunting/fishing cultural link, but it's close to dinnertime.
https://www.blm.gov/programs/recreation/recreation-programs/recreational-shooting/california
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(135,612 posts)liberalgunwilltravel
(1,206 posts)Youre another who will spend the rest of your miserable life in hiding when this administration is removed.
Baitball Blogger
(52,328 posts)Nasruddin
(1,253 posts)What does that even mean?
It sounds like gibberish in the context it was used.
Is this another negative IQ Trump servant?
Seinan Sensei
(1,540 posts)That boy just aint right
Mysterian
(6,477 posts)These people are the enemies of everything good.
not fooled
(6,675 posts)Congrats idiots who facilitated installing this criminal syndicate. Give them ten years and they'll have stripped the nation of all public assets.
Exp
(942 posts)Figarosmom
(11,933 posts)I bet he can't even see anything for it's own beauty if it doesn't have a monetary value to it.
bluestateboomer
(547 posts)But it's something like, "People who know the price of everything and the value of nothing."
tonekat
(2,525 posts)Not trump and the rest of the greedheads. Insubordination! Fire him immediately!
Mysterian
(6,477 posts)"Greed is good."
-- Ronald Reagan
Martin68
(27,705 posts)SpankMe
(3,715 posts)An unrealized gain isn't the same thing as a loss.
Mblaze
(1,026 posts)Deuxcents
(26,877 posts)Anti public education person in our Department of Education. Anti environment in the Interior Department. Anti labor in our Labor Department. All of our many departments and agencies are unqualified and most have no experience or idea of how to run national government or even care to protect what theyve sworn to protect. This administration is tearing us apart from the inside out with no oversight or accountability. Were going bankrupt borrowing 50 Billion dollars a day so our infrastructure and social services will not have funds for the future but were the ones being called financially illiterate
ancianita
(43,307 posts)chouchou
(3,133 posts)Kablooie
(19,107 posts)Trump and his cronies see the number in their bank account as the only measure of human value.
Its not about having money to buy things.
Buying things is only a way to show off how big that number is.
Its simply that number in the account. The bigger it is, the more value you have as a person.
bobalew
(436 posts)That's about it... As far as any literacy goes, he's ethically illiterate, along with a bit of scientific luddititry..
sinkingfeeling
(57,811 posts)Bo Zarts
(26,356 posts)GenThePerservering
(3,353 posts)make a fuss about skipping a Social Security check because his millionaire mother wouldn't?