Sturm und Drang
US president Donald Trump has previously dismissed climate change as a Chinese hoax. Feedback wonders whether at least part of his brain sees Beijing behind the force of Hurricane Dorian. After leaving a deadly trail of destruction in the Bahamas, the storm hit the US east coast last week.
The clean-up begins, but it seems Trump has the germ of a longer-term anti-hurricane plan, expressed last month before Dorian broke. He asked aides if hurricanes might be destroyed with nuclear bombs.
Yes, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you…
Article amended on 19 September 2019
We corrected Harold Gasson’s relation to fires: his contract of employment said “firemanâ€
