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A colossal own goal’: Trump’s exit from global climate treaties will have little effect outside US (www.theguardian.com)
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For much of the last 30 years, the rest of the world has been forced to persevere with climate action in the face of US intransigence

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A colossal own goal

And thus both the cretin's presidencies has been cogently summarized. When Churchill quipped that "Americans are a people who will always do the right thing, after they've tried everything else", he might have been uncharacteristically optimistic.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Trump is a traitor whose goal is to destroy the United States. Maybe for his own benefit somehow, maybe for Russia's; doesn't matter.

How much more fucking obvious does it need to get?

[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Trump is a traitor whose goal is to destroy the United States.

That's the only logical explanation.

[–] D1re_W0lf@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can a person elected, for the second time, by the population of the United States be considered a traitor? Or is he truly a representation of that said population? 🤔

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

The election was stolen though sooo