Since taking office, Joe Biden, the newly-appointed US president, has made several decisions that represent a sharp change from the course taken by the administration of former President Donald Trump, his predecessor. .
According to what Biden’s advisers told the press, they were near 17 decrees of which the agent chief executive signed in his first hours in the position.
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This, of course, is not viewed favorably by his opponents, especially by those who remain loyal to Trump within the Republican Party.
One of them is Senator Ted Cruz, who recently made a statement that sparked a wave of criticism and ridicule. Apart from his statements they were posted on the U.S. Senate website and shared by the legislature on their social media.
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Among other remarks, Cross said that the new Administration will take advantage of the signing of the Paris Agreement to collect tax on “American families, manufacturers and companies with a higher energy cost at a time when they are already struggling. “
He argued that if Biden believed the deal would be supported by the American people, he should put its compliance before the Senate, so that it would be the legislators who would decide whether the country should accept it or not. .
But perhaps one of the most controversial statements in the statement was when he referred to French citizens. “In signing this order, President Biden indicates that he is more interested in the views of the citizens of Paris than in the work of the citizens of Pittsburgh (a well-known American industrial city).”
Do you also think that the Geneva Convention dealt with the views of the citizens of Geneva?
On social media his words crossed borders and languages, as they even made jokes in Spanish.
All because, they argued, the Paris Agreement has little to do with the French capital, because of its global reach.
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Meanwhile, legislator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reminded him that such agreements usually bear the name of the city in which they are signed.
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Good tweet Senator Cruz! Quick question: Do you also think that the Geneva Convention referred to the views of the citizens of Geneva?
Ask everyone who believes U.S. senators should be competent and not weaken our election to incite insurgency against the United States https://t.co/mMf8iDo72G
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 21, 2021
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“Good tweet, Senator Creu! Quick question: Do you also think the Geneva Convention dealt with the views of the citizens of Geneva?”, Asked his opponent.
“Ask all those who believe that American senators should be competent and not undermine our elections to incite insurrection against the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez added with irony.
Biden’s return to the Paris Agreement
“Some of the executive actions I’m going to sign will help change the course of the covid crisis and we’re going to fight climate change in a way we haven’t done so far,” he said. assert Joe Biden in the Oval Office.
In recent hours, the president has prevented the United States from leaving the World Health Organization and noted that his country will return to the Paris Agreement, a measure that, according to several analysts, could take about a year. but to become effective.
“I warmly welcome President Biden’s steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and to join the growing coalition of governments, cities, states, businesses and individuals who are taking ambitious measures to tackle the climate crisis, ”UN Chief Antonio Guterres said in a statement.
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The Paris Agreement is perhaps the most ambitious international effort to combat climate change in recent years.. It was signed by the United States, led by former President Barack Obama, in 2015 alongside hundreds of countries. Donald Trump noted that he would retire in 2017, something that took effect on November 4, 2020 and is reversing this new year.
Other goals of the agreement include “keeping the global average temperature rise well below 2 ° C” and “limiting the rise to 1.5 ° C, which will significantly reduce the risks and impact of climate change “, according to the official website of the European Union.
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* With information from AFP and EFE