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Faced with serious problems of all kinds that for two weeks have caused the winter storm elliott in the United States, Canada and northern Mexico, it is worth remembering one of the many stupid statements made by then-President Donald Trump. When at the end of January 2019 temperatures of up to 40 degrees below zero were forecast in the midwestern region of the country, the president wondered: Where the hell is global warming? In the wonderful Midwest, windswept temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit, the coldest ever recorded. Even colder is expected in the coming days. People can’t be outside for even a few minutes. What the hell is going on with global warming? Please come back soon, we need you!
Trump wrote.
It was not the only time that, faced with a sharp drop in temperatures, Trump questioned the scientific conclusions on climate change. In December 2017, the president said that the United States would do very well a little
of global warming to combat the low temperatures that were expected for that end of the year. In the east, it could be the coldest New Year’s Eve on record. Maybe we could use some of that old global warming that our country, but not others, was going to pay trillions of dollars to combat. Bundle up!
he then tweeted.
Those trillions were linked to the agreements established by the international community in various meetings. And notably at the 2015 Paris Summit. By order of Trump, his country withdrew from these agreements, alleging that the United States was not the only one to blame for the supposed
global warming. And therefore, he should not pay for what others did wrong. Let us add that in an interview published in The Washington Post in November 2018, Trump claimed not to be a believer
in climate change; he added that does not see
the effects that scientific reports collect on this phenomenon. One of the problems of many people like myself is that we have very high levels of intelligence, but we are not necessarily so believers.
Trump noted.
With these words, Trump contradicted for the second time a report by his own government that estimated that the consequences of climate change could cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars. And they’re costing you after elliott It left its death trail, unhinged the extraction of gas and oil, incalculable damage to agricultural activities (poultry, livestock, pig farming, crops), as well as air and land transportation of people and goods. There are about 50 thousand flights canceled or with severe delays. For several days the United States was isolated from the rest of the planet by air because it was impossible for international flights to arrive and depart.
elliott It left hundreds of billions of dollars in damage. More than Mr. Trump refused to cover in order to prevent rising global temperatures. With the aggravating circumstance that numerous problems are expected due to the melting of the accumulated snow banks in the eastern and central states of the country, where the most radical supporters of the former president reside.
In Mexico, it also caused problems in the border states and in air traffic to and from the neighboring country. But they are minor compared to those that heat waves and drought left us in 2022. In the agricultural sector the losses were millionaires. Cattle died of thirst in various entities in the north and center of the country; crops that are fundamental in the family basket were lost, which raised the price of numerous products. And, as happens more frequently each year, millions of homes did not have enough water to cover their basic needs. The most relevant case: Monterrey and its metropolitan area.
Despite the fact that every year it is announced that temperatures will be higher, that water will be scarce in urban centers and there will be drought in agriculture, the appropriate measures to solve these problems do not appear. We will then have a 2023 not good.
