Donald Trump, Destroyer of Worlds
In a speech at January’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Donald Trump ridiculed the idea of wind turbines. He called them “losers,” adding that countries that buy them were “stupid.” The response from the European community was clear. Nine of its members signed a deal to build a vast offshore wind farm in the North Sea, the heart of the continent’s oil and gas industries. The agreement came in response to Trump’s war on wind energy, which offers immense potential for increasing European energy security and freeing it from Europe its heavy dependence on U.S. oil and gas. Elsewhere, India is rapidly accelerating its solar energy operations while China installed more wind and solar power in 2024 than the entire renewable energy capacity of United States.
On April 8, La Jornada journalist Bernardo Barranco published an excellent article discussing a video of Trump in the Oval Office. In the clip, he is surrounded by evangelical pastors, who extend their arms to touch him as they pray, as if he were the messiah. They “forgive him everything because they see him as the catalyst for the end of times and the advent of a new era,” Barranco wrote. Barranco also criticized U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for referring to the Crusades and advocating for “overwhelming violence.” In short, he suggested that various pastors and top military leaders are calling for a “holy war” against the infidels –- in other words, against Iran and other Islamic nations in the region.
Trump, whose family fortune has scandalously increased since he attacked Iran, is embarking on yet another crusade in the name of fossil fuels and the nations that benefit from them: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela and Russia. Last November, with this purpose in mind, Trump’s administration announced new oil and gas drilling off the coasts of California and Florida, something the U.S. has not done for decades and that will harm coastal communities and endanger nearby ecosystems.
The powerful cabal of oil companies, which has steadfastly supported Trump’s presidential campaigns, asserts that new drilling in these areas will strengthen energy security and create jobs. The U.S. has prohibited drilling in federal waters in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for 35 years. This includes the Florida coast and southern Alabama, in large part to protect against oil spills. Similarly, California has not approved any new drilling in federal waters for 40 years, and currently has no more than a few offshore oil platforms.
The president is undermining the work of his predecessor, Joe Biden, who took steps to fight climate change. Trump described these plans as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world." Trump wants the United States to dominate the global energy market and he thinks he can achieve this by fast-tracking new oil, coal and natural gas projects.
At the same time, he is blocking all clean energy initiatives nationwide, canceling billions of dollars of federal grants that supported them. Worst of all, Trump designated a committee to exempt oil and gas companies from restrictions on operations in the Gulf of Mexico that were established under the Endangered Species Act to protect vulnerable ecosystems.
Trump’s plans have been strongly opposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has consistently been one of the president’s harshest critics. Newsom called these policies “dead in the water” in a social media post last November. Trump has also faced bipartisan opposition in Florida. Tourism and access to clean beaches are cornerstones of the economies in both states.
More radical criticism has come from environmental groups and research centers, who see the drilling as a serious threat to biodiversity in American coastal regions. They highlight the bleak consequences of past fossil fuel ventures in the Gulf of Mexico and Arctic Ocean.
Despite various defeats, Trump is claiming victory as if he were the messiah. In reality, he is the destroyer of worlds.
On April 8, La Jornada journalist Bernardo Barranco published an excellent article discussing a video of Trump in the Oval Office. In the clip, he is surrounded by evangelical pastors, who extend their arms to touch him as they pray, as if he were the messiah. They “forgive him everything because they see him as the catalyst for the end of times and the advent of a new era,” Barranco wrote. Barranco also criticized U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for referring to the Crusades and advocating for “overwhelming violence.” In short, he suggested that various pastors and top military leaders are calling for a “holy war” against the infidels –- in other words, against Iran and other Islamic nations in the region.
Trump, whose family fortune has scandalously increased since he attacked Iran, is embarking on yet another crusade in the name of fossil fuels and the nations that benefit from them: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela and Russia. Last November, with this purpose in mind, Trump’s administration announced new oil and gas drilling off the coasts of California and Florida, something the U.S. has not done for decades and that will harm coastal communities and endanger nearby ecosystems.
The powerful cabal of oil companies, which has steadfastly supported Trump’s presidential campaigns, asserts that new drilling in these areas will strengthen energy security and create jobs. The U.S. has prohibited drilling in federal waters in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for 35 years. This includes the Florida coast and southern Alabama, in large part to protect against oil spills. Similarly, California has not approved any new drilling in federal waters for 40 years, and currently has no more than a few offshore oil platforms.
The president is undermining the work of his predecessor, Joe Biden, who took steps to fight climate change. Trump described these plans as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world." Trump wants the United States to dominate the global energy market and he thinks he can achieve this by fast-tracking new oil, coal and natural gas projects.
At the same time, he is blocking all clean energy initiatives nationwide, canceling billions of dollars of federal grants that supported them. Worst of all, Trump designated a committee to exempt oil and gas companies from restrictions on operations in the Gulf of Mexico that were established under the Endangered Species Act to protect vulnerable ecosystems.
Trump’s plans have been strongly opposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has consistently been one of the president’s harshest critics. Newsom called these policies “dead in the water” in a social media post last November. Trump has also faced bipartisan opposition in Florida. Tourism and access to clean beaches are cornerstones of the economies in both states.
More radical criticism has come from environmental groups and research centers, who see the drilling as a serious threat to biodiversity in American coastal regions. They highlight the bleak consequences of past fossil fuel ventures in the Gulf of Mexico and Arctic Ocean.
Despite various defeats, Trump is claiming victory as if he were the messiah. In reality, he is the destroyer of worlds.
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