This president is an embarrassment
To the Editor:
Irrespective of your political position or party, all aware Americans should have been embarrassed by President Trump’s performance at the United Nations. For nearly an hour he presented clearly refutable lie after lie interspersed with petty peevish complaints.
He claimed that global warming was a hoax and confused it with climate change, which includes the various consequences of warming. Data from the past two decades clearly shows that the earth is warming. National leaders at the UN have seen the effects in their countries. Who does he think he is fooling?
Trump repeated his claim that renewable energy from wind and solar “doesn’t work” and that nations that don’t rely on fossil fuels are doomed. In fact, solar and wind electricity production is cheaper than either coal or gas. This misinformation included his hatred for wind energy. He claimed that while China made turbines for wind energy, they did not use wind in China. A quick Google search will reveal that China leads the world in the installation of wind turbines.
He claimed inflation had been “defeated,” a claim that can be disproven by anyone who has purchased groceries lately. Inflation is on the rise as evidenced by increasing prices for everything from coffee to bananas and other produce. Coffee at a local roaster has gone from about $12.50 a pound to $15 as a result of Trump’s tariffs on goods we don’t even produce here.
Trump falsely claimed to have ended seven wars that either are still ongoing or were not wars during his term in office. Egypt and Ethiopia were not at war, but the wars involving Ukraine and Gaza that he claimed that he would end on “day one” are still in full conflict. The countries involved in the various conflicts and their neighbors are fully aware that Trump’s claims are ridiculous lies.
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Then there were the petty complaints about the escalator stopping and the teleprompter not working. He later demanded an investigation and prosecution of those responsible, but it turned out that the White House photographer and other staffers had caused both problems.
It is truly embarrassing to have the so-called leader of the free world lie to world leaders who know the truth about the lies. He reveals himself as a small, petulant man with his whining about petty inconveniences. What is frightening, rather than embarrassing, is the fact that Trump and the Federalist Society are turning the US into a dictatorship run by Trump.
Norman Hoffman
Waynesville
