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President Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest, emphasizing the global urgency of combating climate change.

During his historic visit, he called protecting the environment “a fight for humanity, citing achievements such as rejoining the Paris Agreement, boosting climate financing to $11 billion annually, and advancing green energy through the Inflation Reduction Act

He announced new conservation efforts, including $50 million for the Amazon Fund, and declared Nov. 17 as International Conservation Day.

Biden urged leaders to prioritize both environmental protection and economic growth, leaving a climate-focused legacy amid concerns over President-elect Trump’s rollback plans.

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      17 hours ago

      This is a fair question. The people voted for fascism. What’s he supposed to do, stage a coup to try and overturn the election results?

      He wanted to, and thought he could rise to the occasion but old age got to him.

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        17 hours ago

        Right, almost any legislation he tried to pass was blocked by Congress because of Manchin and Sinema.

        If we blame/punish politicians for trying then why would they keep trying?

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              6 hours ago

              They didn’t vote against the party. They voted against what the party ran on but never had any intention of ever doing.

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                    6 hours ago

                    Because they’ve passed legislation that hasn’t been blocked in Congress like the student loan forgiveness. Which went on to be blocked by conservative lawsuits. But not after helping some people.

                    This makes it pretty clear than republicans are the reason democrats can’t get more progressive policies passed. Even to those not paying attention.

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        4 hours ago

        Israel is supported by the US to prevent Iran from growing in power in the region.

        Netanyahu is responsible for the genocide.

        Those who blame Biden for Netanyahu’s actions are responsible for our environment, peace, wealth and very freedoms being in dire peril. Because they have empowered Trump.

        But it seems pretty clear that was the goal from those bad faith actors.

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          17 hours ago

          Biden fit nicely into the status quo Democrat role, which was never going to help anything against the Republican fucks who give more shits about their power than serving the country. Do let me know if I need to spell out any other obvious realities to you - and your daft upvoters.

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              7 hours ago

              That is the answer. Another status quo democrat was not what we needed, and that was plainly obvious when Biden took office.

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                6 hours ago

                Question: How did Biden not rise to the occasion?

                (Non)Answer: Another status quo democrat was not what we needed.

                So you feel what we needed was the alternative, Trump. Because those were the only two choices.

                The environment, peace, wealth, and our very freedoms are now in dire peril.

                Biden was addressing all of these issues. Trump has plans to make all of them worse

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                  6 hours ago

                  Oh, gees, it totally slipped my mind that Biden was the only choice for a democratic nominee before the last election. No one else besides old white men have ever run for the office, who else could the party have possibly picked?

                  So you feel what we needed was the alternative, Trump.

                  You can take assumption and shove it violently where such assumptions should go. Just trolling with shit like that trying to put words in other people’s mouths and I will not engage with it. Go fish for an answer you like somewhere else.