Immigration is "killing Europe", says Trump

The US president also took the opportunity to aim wind energy, saying Europe should "stop the windmills, you're ruining your countries ... ruining your beautiful fields and valleys, and killing your birds."

Things had gone into a slide since Trump's first term, when Trump had been enthusiastic about Finnish forestry policy

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/18/trump-raking-wildfires-california-finland-1002526

“You look at other countries where they do it differently, and it’s a whole different story,” Trump said Saturday, standing alongside Gov. Jerry Brown and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom of California among the charred ruins of the Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park in the town of Paradise.
“I was with the president of Finland, and he said, ‘We have a much different — we’re a forest nation.’ He called it a forest nation,” Trump continued. “And they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and they don’t have any problem. And when it is, it’s a very small problem. So I know everybody’s looking at that to that end. And it’s going to work out, it’s going to work out well.”

https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/08/20/trump-blames-california-for-wildfires-tells-state-you-gotta-clean-your-floors-1311059

“I see again the forest fires are starting,” he said at a rally in swing-state Pennsylvania. “They’re starting again in California. I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.”

Trump’s suggestions have prompted head-scratching from experts who say his prescriptions — more raking, less water released into the ocean for environmental purposes — suggest he does not understand the science of wildfires. Critics also point out that most of California’s wildlands are federally managed.

Trump said Thursday at his Pennsylvania rally that there are “forest cities” that don’t have the problems that California has, and he told supporters that he was “mocked” by California for his previous remarks about forest “cleaning.”

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US fascism is killing the entire world to a much higher degree.
The US president also took the opportunity to aim wind energy, saying Europe should "stop the windmills, you're ruining your countries ... ruining your beautiful fields and valleys, and killing your birds."
Things had gone into a slide since Trump's first term, when Trump had been enthusiastic about Finnish forestry policy
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/18/trump-raking-wildfires-california-finland-1002526
“You look at other countries where they do it differently, and it’s a whole different story,” Trump said Saturday, standing alongside Gov. Jerry Brown and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom of California among the charred ruins of the Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park in the town of Paradise.
“I was with the president of Finland, and he said, ‘We have a much different — we’re a forest nation.’ He called it a forest nation,” Trump continued. “And they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and they don’t have any problem. And when it is, it’s a very small problem. So I know everybody’s looking at that to that end. And it’s going to work out, it’s going to work out well.”
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/08/20/trump-blames-california-for-wildfires-tells-state-you-gotta-clean-your-floors-1311059
“I see again the forest fires are starting,” he said at a rally in swing-state Pennsylvania. “They’re starting again in California. I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.”
Trump’s suggestions have prompted head-scratching from experts who say his prescriptions — more raking, less water released into the ocean for environmental purposes — suggest he does not understand the science of wildfires. Critics also point out that most of California’s wildlands are federally managed.
Trump said Thursday at his Pennsylvania rally that there are “forest cities” that don’t have the problems that California has, and he told supporters that he was “mocked” by California for his previous remarks about forest “cleaning.”