\tChesapeake Bay residents hope to build a sea wall to hold off rising waters. The small island of Tangier, Virginia, which is vanishing due to rising waters has surpassed an important community fundraising goal after Donald Trump told the mayor not to worry about increasing sea levels. \u201cHe said, \u2018Your island has been there for hundreds of years, and I believe your island will be there for hundreds more,\u201d Tangier Mayor James \u201cOoker\u201d Eskridge said Trump told him in a surprise phone call on Tuesday. The president said \u201cnot to worry about sea-level rise,\u201d Eskridge added. Tangier has lost nearly 70 percent of its land mass since 1850, losing up to nine acres each year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts rising waters and erosion will be so dire in 20 years, even fewer in the event of a major storm that the remaining residents will be forced to abandon the Chesapeake Bay island. The population has already shrunk from 1,500 to 450.\t<\/p>\n
\tThe president reached out to Eskridge after a CNN report last week on the island\u2019s threatened future and its charm. The local residents, deep in Trump country, were thrilled with the White House phone call and have used it and the media attention to build support for the one thing they believe can save them: a sea wall.\t<\/p>\n
\tTangier town council member Anna Pruitt-Parks launched a GoFundMe to raise money to buy 550 copies of a documentary on the island, \u201cPieces of Tangier,\u201d by filmmaker Jenny Roberts. The plan is to send the video to everyone in the House and Senate, as well as to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in a bid to get the sea wall built. A letter would accompany the films, explaining \u201cTangier\u2019s history, its current situation and detailing the help that is needed to save our Island home,\u201d Pruitt-Parks noted on the GoFundMe pitch. The campaign has so far raised nearly 30 percent more than its $3,200 goal. \u201cLooks like over 500 copies of \u2018Pieces of Tangier\u2019 are going to be sent to Congress!\u201d read a post on the documentary\u2019s Facebook page. \u201cThere is no pride like Tangier pride!\u201d The documentary examines the changing conditions swallowing up Tangier, as well as the way of life on one of the few island fishing communities in America. Some 87 percent of Tangier\u2019s population voted for Trump in the presidential election, but the president has said he believes climate change is a hoax, making him an unusual figure to rally behind saving the island. Tangier residents remain major Trump supporters; Eskridge says he loves Trump as \u201cmuch as a member of my family.\u201d But if the president could help build Tangier a wall in the sea, islanders would be even happier. The mayor also told CNN that he appealed to Trump to help with funding a wall and is trying to arrange a trip to Washington to meet with the president.\t<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThey talk about a wall, we\u2019ll take a wall,\u201d Eskridge told CNN. \u201cWe\u2019d like to have a wall all the way around Tangier. We\u2019d love a wall.\u201d\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Go Figure? You Have A President That Doesn\u2019t Believe The Island Is Sinking And They Still Believe He Is Going To Build Them A Sea Wall To Save It? Okay! <\/b> \t\t<\/p>\n\tSusan Z\u2019s Conclusion:<\/h2>\n
\nI would say the odds of this little island of Trump supporters getting a bill passed in Congress under this presidency to save their beautiful island is when \u201cpigs fly\u201d as they say considering how many other important people funding bills he has cut since being in office.\n\t<\/p>\n
\t Ace of Wands:\t<\/b> Inverted (Upside Down)
\nThis card is new beginning and birth. Since it was pulled inverted, I would say this little island will not be looking at a rebirth of hope to save it under this presidency.\n\t<\/p>\n
\t Six of Wands:\t<\/b>
\nThis is a victory card. Now having just said above that I feel Trump\u2019s Congress will not put the money out to build a sea-wall (ask the oldest town in the U.S. of St, Augustine in Florida, as their town is going under water also) but I believe help will come and it may come from an environmental grant. You know, the tree hugging environmental do-gooders that Trump voters hate! Lol! How ironic would that be?\n \t<\/p>\n
\tNine of Swords: \t<\/b> Inverted
\nThis card is one of sadness and depression. Since pulled inverted, it shows the townspeople have great hope the help will come from somewhere and I believe it will, eventually. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tangier Sinking Island Passes Fundraising Goal After Trump Says It\u2019s Not Sinking Chesapeake Bay residents hope to build a sea wall to hold off rising waters. The small island of Tangier, Virginia, which is vanishing due to rising waters has surpassed an important community fundraising goal after Donald Trump told the mayor not to worry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1246,1245],"class_list":{"0":"post-6727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celeb-news","8":"tag-sinking-island","9":"tag-tangier"},"yoast_head":"\n