The Trump administration was not invited to the gathering in Santa Marta, Colombia. A White House spokeswoman called the green transition “destructive.”

Agreement to conduct the necessary phase out is probably not possible if a country run for the benefit of the oil industry is involved in any meaningful way

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    Also build up your armies. We’re still run by a man child and one of our two major political parties thinks that if we can take something, it’s ours.

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      I won’t say you’re wrong but misguided. Our leaders are still behaving as if the world needs to controlled by binary ideologies. We have the ability to do great things if only we’d focus on providing for Humanity over selfishness.

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        I don’t think an army needs to be strong enough to defeat us but strong enough to give us trouble. Without a major existential threat the US doesn’t have the stomach for prolonged wars anymore.