When Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke launched his attack on America’s national monuments this April, he insisted that President Trump’s executive order wouldn’t lead to a giveaway of America’s public lands.
“I am absolutely against transfer and sale of public lands,” Zinke said at the time. “I can’t be more clear.”
What’s now clear, however, is that Secretary Zinke’s actions don’t match his words‚Ää—‚Ääand he’s surrounding himself at the Interior Department with passionate supporters of land seizure efforts.