Trump hands out water with his name on toxin spill area
- February 23, 2023
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Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday campaigned in an area hit by a toxic spill following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and handed out water
Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday campaigned in an area hit by a toxic spill following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and handed out water bearing his name to residents.
The train, consisting of about fifty wagons, carried toxic material in eleven of them and derailed on February 3, passing through Eastern Palestinea city of less than 5,000 people forty miles from the industrial city of Pittsburgh and close to the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.
Donald Trump He has been criticizing the leadership of the government he heads for several days. Joe Biden regarding the crash and accused the Democratic Party administration of abandoning the inhabitants of this Ohio area, one of the key states in any presidential election.
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During his visit, the former president criticized the current president for traveling to Ukraine and Poland on the occasion of the first year of the war without prior visit to the affected place, which will receive this Thursday – almost three weeks after the incident – the first government representation headed by the secretary TransportPete Buttigieg.
The former president and Republican primary candidate took advantage of the controversy to return to the White House. derailment campaigns, at a time when far-right groups are spreading conspiracy theories about the crash on social media.
However, when he was in charge, his government approved the repeal of the railway safety and hazardous chemicals.
Thus, the Trump administration withdrew a proposal by former President Barack Obama (2009-2017) to demand a faster brake trains which carry flammable materials designed to prevent derailments and explosions near populated areas.
Photo: Reuters
It also ended regular rail safety checks and lifted the current rule requiring freight trains to carry at least two crew members.
On the other hand, he chose Scott Pruitt, a climate change denier, to head the agency. environmental United States during his tenure.
And the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement against changing of the climatebecause he feared that following his rules would mean losing economic competitiveness to countries like China.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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