The White House is rolling back emission restrictions. From Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science by B. Thibodeaux, 2019, https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/05/24/us/politics/00dc-cli-trump1/merlin_151256502_8b48e75c-4479-4e89-a186-ae5f913c1c7b-jumbo.jpg
Donald Trump
Donald Trump is the 45th president with many less than positive traits. As the most powerful man in the most influential country in the world, his views and opinions have a large impact on how the world is shaped. Therefore, it does not help that he lacks common sense on many facets of the world, and his denial of scientific assessment of the climate change is one of many examples. In fact, he claims the term climate change is at least misleading if not a conspiracy theory (Davenport & Landler, 2019).
Events
Based on the news article by Davenport and Landler, the president elect has played hardline against the pro-environmentalist. For example, not only has he infamously retreated from the crucial Paris Accord, he recently has refused to acknowledge climate change by refusing to sign a document that uses the word “Climate Change” (Davenport & Landler, 2019). Under his guidance, the United States Geological Survey has recently recreated their information by unrealistically limiting the data to shorter time frame to mask away some of the likely and unfavorable conclusions (Davenport & Landler, 2019).
Remarks
For this author, Donald Trump is an easy man to dislike. Throughout this research, I was left with only one question for the man: is he truly an unintelligent man who simply became the most powerful man on Earth through luck, or is he simply a short-sighted man with low moral compass? While I am not well versed in the study of history, I would wager that would be the central theme of this era in the history books.
References
Davenport, C., & Landler, M. (2019, May 27). Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science. The New York Times. Retrieved June 23, 2019, from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/us/politics/trump-climate-science.html
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