Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement once again underscores his commitment to fossil fuels and his declaration of an ‘energy emergency’ seems more like a desperate plea for old-school energy sources. His ‘America-first’ stance is becoming clearer every day, and the promise of nearly 100 executive orders, one wonders if this ‘nearly’ is a number close to us or a number close to infinity. As for the ‘national emergency’ on the US-Mexican border, it seems like an emergency within an emergency, raising questions about the underlying normalcy that might be lurking behind this declaration.
