Without climate change context, Trump’s State of the Union rhetoric about disasters rings hollow

President Trump’s first official State of the Union speech began with a reminder of the disasters that have befallen Americans during the past year, from wildfires in California to three of the top 5 most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history. 

“We have faced challenges we expected, and others we could never have imagined,” Trump said. “We have endured floods and fires and storms. But through it all, we have seen the beauty of America’s soul, and the steel in America’s spine.”

During 2017, the U.S. was struck with 16 billion-dollar weather and climate events costing a total of $306 billion in damage, which set a new record. It was enough devastation to get attention of the global business and political elite, who in Davos, Switzerland, ranked climate change and extreme weather events as the greatest threat to global security and prosperity. Read more…

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