One cause for these storms is warming weather in the Arctic, which pushes the “polar vortex” of cold air further south. Un-fun fact: A recent study found that the Arctic region has actually been heating up four times faster than the rest of the globe since 1979. Yikes!
Well, the President of the United States has something to say about all of this (unfortunately).
On Truth Social, President Donald Trump posted, “Record Cold Wave expected to hit 40 States. Rarely seen anything like it before. Could the Environmental Insurrectionists please explain—WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING???”
In response, people are once again explaining the difference between weather and the overall climate.
And pointing out that severe storms are actually a symptom of climate change.
Others noticed something very ~Trumpy~ about Trump’s message ahead of the storms.
But mostly, people were like, “Wow, this is really dumb.”
Sigh. At least he’s not talking about nuking the snowstorms.