Trump Forces G20 to Acknowledge Role of Fossil Fuels Worldwide

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At the G20 summit of industrialized nations in Germany last week, something pretty incredible happened. All of the European nations part of the G20 are attempting to bully the United States into dumping fossil fuels. Donald Trump stood up to them last week and got them to add language to the official communique that Washington will "work closely with other countries to help them access and use fossil fuels more cleanly and efficiently." Folks, this is major! Europe backed down. Trump stood firm and he stood tall. Europe has been in this fugue of denial, claiming the world will just be able to flip and switch and convert to so-called renewable energy--any year now. Trump got them to admit that false pretense is not reality. He got them to admit that fossil fuels are and will be a part of the world's energy mix for the foreseeable future (generations, with an "s"). No doubt the Europeans didn't like being shamed into admitting the renewable emperor has no clothes. Here's an even bigger surprise. The lib editors at the Detroit News think Trump did the right thing--and say fossil fuels are here to stay for a long time...

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