The US government is not sending high-level representatives to the COP30 global climate conference in Brazil. Instead, President Donald Trump is “speaking directly to leaders around the world about energy issues,” a White House official said Saturday. This can be seen “in the historic trade agreements and peace agreements, all of which have a significant focus on energy partnerships.”
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 Under the right-wing populist, the USA, the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has again withdrawn from the Paris climate protection agreement.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.
