US President Trump was not expected to personally attend the UN climate conference taking place from November 10th to 21st in Belém, Brazil. Under the right-wing populist, the USA, the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has again withdrawn from the Paris climate protection agreement. During his first term in office from 2017 to 2021, the Republican canceled the climate protection agreement, which was intended to limit the global temperature increase to less than two degrees compared to the pre-industrial era. Rather, Trump is committed to greater production of oil and gas.
Instead of high-ranking government officials from Washington, more than a hundred representatives from US states and cities want to travel to the world climate conference, including governors and mayors. “We are making a strong appearance,” said the co-chair of the “America is All in” alliance, Gina McCarthy, on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump has denied planning military attacks on Venezuela. In response to a journalist’s question about reports that he intended such attacks, Trump responded with a curt “no” on board the presidential aircraft Air Force One on Friday (local time). Because of the massive US military operation in the Caribbean, the aim of which, according to Trump, is to combat drug smuggling, the Venezuelan government is warning against a US invasion of the South American country.
The Miami Herald newspaper reported on Friday that the Trump administration had decided to attack military facilities in Venezuela. The attacks could begin at any time, the report said. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also dismissed the report as a “false story”. The USA has sent eight warships to the Caribbean and also sent F-35 fighter jets to the US territory of Puerto Rico. A US aircraft carrier is also on its way to the region. US B-52 and B-1B fighter jets have also repeatedly flown near the Venezuelan coast.
Meanwhile, the island state of Trinidad and Tobago, located off the Venezuelan coast, put its army on alert due to heightened tensions between Caracas and Washington. All soldiers were ordered to their bases. The measure caused great excitement among the population. Residents of the capital, Port of Spain, rushed to buy food supplies and fuel.
Even more renovation work on the White House: US President Donald Trump has had the Lincoln bathroom in his official residence extensively renovated. The bathroom was last renovated in the 1940s in the Art Deco style with green tiles, which was “completely inappropriate for the Lincoln era,” Trump said on Friday (local time) in his Truth Social online service. He published pictures of the remodeled bathroom with gold faucets and marble walls.
