President derided Biden’s ‘green new scam’ during State of the Union address, and hailed the rise in US oil production
Trump didn’t say the words “climate change” during the State of the Union, but it loomed large over his 108-minute speech as he touted his “drill, baby, drill” agenda and derided Joe Biden’s “green new scam”.
Toward the beginning of his address, the president discussed last year’s flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas, saying they were “one of the worst things I’ve ever seen”.
“Nobody’s ever seen anything like it,” Trump said, noting that Scott Ruskan, a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer who helped save 165 people amid the flood, was in attendance at the event, as was an 11-year-old girl who Ruskan rescued.
Climate experts have long warned that torrential downpours like the one that caused the deadly flooding in Texas exemplify the effects of the climate crisis.
