First Trump threatened to nuke hurricanes. Now he’s waging war on weather forecasters

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1. Insanity

2. By Arwa Mahdawi:

   *Six weeks into Trump’s second term, the president hasn’t bombed any hurricanes, but he has nuked the US’s weather-forecasting capabilities. Last week, hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency, were abruptly fired.*

   *Experts and lawmakers have warned that the ramifications could be wide-ranging and deadly.*

   *“Ships will not be able to safely navigate through our waterways. Farmers will not have the data they need to manage their crops,” Maria Cantwell, a Democratic senator from Washington, said in a statement. “This action is a direct hit to our economy, because Noaa’s specialised workforce provides products and services that support more than a third of the nation’s GDP.”*

   *[…] There is always money to be made from dismantling government services. Elon Musk’s businesses have received at least $38bn (£30bn) in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, according to a Washington Post analysis.*

   *It certainly wouldn’t be shocking if Musk’s vast Starlink satellite network – which Dutch meteorologists once warned was interfering with satellite measurements that are indispensable for accurate weather forecasts – suddenly got some lucrative weather-related government contracts.*

   *Privatisation of a public good isn’t all bad news, though: we can probably expect exciting innovation. Subscription-based disaster services, perhaps.*

   *[…] Project 2025 claims that Noaa should be dismantled because it is “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry”. If we get rid of data about the climate crisis, then it’s bound to go away, isn’t it?*

   *Remember when Trump advocated a similar approach to Covid? He said: “If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.”*

3. Oh yeah, I forgot about that felony. (18 U.S. Code 2074)

   Just another organization, person, or country that dared to contradict him in his first time that he is going after in his abuser world tour.

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