Headline: New York Times, 1/12/2025
Lisa Friedman reports:
By pulling the United States out of the main international climate treaty, seizing Venezuelan crude oil and using government power to resuscitate the domestic coal industry while choking off clean energy, the Trump administration is not just ignoring climate change, it is likely making the problem worse.
President Trump has never been shy about rejecting the scientific reality of global warming: It’s a “hoax,” he has said, a “scam,” and a “con job.”
In recent days his administration has slammed the door on every possible avenue of global cooperation on the environment. At the same time, it is sending the message that it wants the world to be awash in fossil fuels sold by America, no matter the consequences.
"Likely", Lisa? Your headline writer seems to think it's a done deal.
According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of 'done deal' as in fait accompli, occurred in 1979.
Other coinages from the same year include:
- advance directive
- neocon
- neoliberal
- neti pot
- outsource
- paleoconservative
- smoke and mirrors
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