The declaration, made to supporters in Florida, was an extraordinary attempt to recast President Trump's environmental record in a state where voters from both parties express widespread concern about climate change.
US President Donald Trump, who has vowed to exit the Paris Agreement on climate change, loosened restrictions on toxic air pollution, rolled back clean water protections and removed climate change from a list of national security threats, stood in front of supporters in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday and declared himself “a great environmentalist.”
It was an extraordinary attempt to recast his environmental record in a state battered by hurricanes and coastal flooding, where voters from both parties express widespread concern about climate change.Standing behind a podium with a presidential seal, Mr Trump claimed, with no evidence, that electing Mr Biden would leave the environment “permanently injured.”
Mr Trump’s portrayal of his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has often strained credulity.He has repeatedly made the unbelievable assertion that he has done more for Black Americans than any president, except perhaps Abraham Lincoln.Why Donald Trump is unlikely to deliver a safe coronavirus vaccine before the November election
Yet on Tuesday, he congratulated his administration for what he called “our incredible record of natural conservation and environmental protection.” “Failing to adequately fund Everglades restoration, attempting to sell off our waters to corporate polluters and rolling back more than 100 environmental protections doesn’t make you anything other than the worst president ever for the environment and climate,” said Ariel Hayes, the political director of the Sierra Club.
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