Daniel Kammen's Resignation Letter To Donald Trump Contains Hidden Message

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A science envoy for the Department of State who resigned his post in response to Donald Trump’s β€œattacks on core values of the United States” included a none-to-subtle hidden message in his letter.

Daniel Kammen, a professor of energy at the University of California, Berkeley, cited the President’s reaction to the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, calling his response β€œconsistent with a broader pattern of behaviour that enables sexism and racism”.

As if those words weren’t damning enough, take a look at the first letter of each paragraph...

Mr. President, I am resigning as Science Envoy. Your response to Charlottesville enables racism, sexism, & harms our country and planet. pic.twitter.com/eWzDc5Yw6t

β€” Daniel M Kammen (@dan_kammen) August 23, 2017

As many an eagle-eye Twitter user pointed out...

State Dept. Science Envoy resignsβ€”the first letter of each paragraph of his resignation letter spells the word 'Impeach.' https://t.co/ejKMYBJGaO

β€” Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 23, 2017

The first letter of each paragraph spells out IMPEACH. https://t.co/d1IN6OBdKp

β€” Scott Nevins (@ScottNevins) August 23, 2017

Kammen also noted in his letter that he has served the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the State Department for over 20 years in a variety of roles.

Kammen also wrote in his letter that Trump’s β€œactions to date have, sadly, harmed the quality of life in the United States, our standing abroad, and the sustainability of the planet”.

The President has been hit by a string of protest resignations over his botched response to Charlottesville - last week the entire Arts and Humanities Council quit.

He was forced to preemptively disband his Strategy Council of CEOs in an attempt to avoid the embarrassment of many of its members resigning.

Trump used a rally in Arizona on Tuesday night to insist the media had misrepresented his responses to the white supremacist march.

He withdrew from his suit pocket the written statement he’d read the day a woman was killed by a man who’d plowed a car through counter-protesters, but he skipped over the trouble-causing part that he’d freelanced at the time - his observation that β€œmany sides” were to blame.

That, as well as his reiteration days later that β€œboth sides” were to blame for the violence that led to the death of Heather Heyer and two state troopers, led Democrats and many Republicans to denounce Trump for not unmistakably calling out white supremacists and other hate groups, reports the Associated Press.

The president awoke Wednesday still thinking about the rally, as evidenced by his Twitter account.

Last night in Phoenix I read the things from my statements on Charlottesville that the Fake News Media didn't cover fairly. People got it!

β€” Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 23, 2017

Many people did indeed β€œget it”.

Trump skips the "many sides" portion of his initial reaction to #Charlottesville in re-reading his statement

β€” Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) August 23, 2017

And he didn't read any of the remarks people found objectionable: e.g., "many sides" and "very fine people" marching with Nazis and Klan https://t.co/fIOJgyQCwm

β€” Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 23, 2017

.@Lawrence: Trump is "lying to his audience" by misquoting himself, omitting when he condemned violence in Charlottesville "on many sides." pic.twitter.com/CCTJ4bCzju

β€” The Last Word (@TheLastWord) August 23, 2017
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