Watching Australia's #Budget2021 is a stark and unnerving reminder of how the country is catastrophically ignoring the opportunities and immediate benefits of climate action, and choosing to worsen pre-existing problems instead.
after spending a solid two weeks with no one but myself I’m starting to narrow down the source of many of my problems and you’re not going to believe this—
2004: don’t eat French fries or else you hate America
2008: wear a lapel pin or you don’t love your country
2016: kneel before the flag
2020: die for the economy
No other country on Earth calls it the China virus. Hard to overstate how dumb, racist and pointless this must look from abroad - like Trump’s entire presidency. Damage to US standing incalculable.
1. Trump fired the pandemic response unit created by Obama after Ebola.
2. Trump cut CDC funding
3. During H1N1, 1 million people were tested within a month of the first diagnosis.
4. Stop Tweeting and do your job
If you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other. https://t.co/Ld7Uc8sPTQ
Based on the president's Twitter feed and public remarks, the most important story right now for him is not how the country is faring under the coronavirus, but how he is being perceived throughout.