Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, acceleration of fossil fuel production … While the Trump administration continues its vast energy policy, to the detriment of the climate, the Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger asked Americans to “stop complaining”, summarizing that they act in their turn.
In an interview with the BBC, published this Saturday, June 7, the former governor of California said that President Donald Trump was not a sufficient obstacle to abandon the fight against climate change.
“Well, Arnold, what is the point of fighting for environmental problems and reducing pollution, with Trump in the White House?” Is it sometimes? “And with the federal government that does not believe in climate change and wants to pierce more for oil and coal …”.
“I answer: hey, stop complaining. And what are you doing?” Says Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“I tell you: we all have a responsibility. What do you think, that action for everyone comes only from Washington, from the White House?” The actor suggests. “No. You must be aware of your obstacles, but they should not be used as an excuse, that is my opinion.”
“You have to go there”
Present in Austria on the occasion of the Summit of the Austrian world dedicated to the climate in the old Imperial Palace of the Hofburg on Tuesday, June 3, the 77 -year -old actor is known for his commitments in terms of ecology. In 2006, then Governor of California (2003-2011), launched a global warming plan, which led California to comply with the Kyoto protocol, which entered into force in 2005.
“You know, you have to go there. When I was 15, my vision was to go to the United States, become a bodybuilding champion, enter the cinema and make great movies. Hollywood movies,” he told the BBC. “Do you think there were no obstacles? There was an infinite amount and it was very difficult. It was a real fight. So, I left? I went to complain? No,” he concluded in a firm tone.
Republican of heart, the American actor had committed himself with Kamala Harris in the race for the presidential elections. “American before being Republican,” he wrote in X to justify his choice. Despite disagreements with the Kamala Harris program, the hero of Terminator Estimated that democratic vote is the only way in which the country “continues.” Replace Donald to the country’s head would be leaving for “additional four years of unpleasant lies that will make us more and more angry, increasingly divided and more hateful,” he said.
Arnold Schwarzenegger had already been virulent with respect to Donald Trump after the latter’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement in 2017. In a video that went viral at that time, the actor had reproached the billionaire for “stopping” the “revolution” in favor of “clean energy”.
The Trump administration attacked in court
If Arnold Schwarzenegger’s call is likely to be heard by his fans and American citizens, actions have already been initiated in the United States to counteract Donald Trump’s energy policy.
Last May, 22 young Americans, including minors, attacked the decisions of the Trump administration that authorized fossil fuel extraction. As soon as he assumed the position on January 20, 2025, the US President signed a series of presidential decrees, including one in particular aimed at increasing oil and gas production. A decision is considered harmful to climate change, according to the plaintiffs.
However, these decrees intend to respond to “an emergency of the state of energy,” argues the US president, notoriously climatesceptic, which has again He withdrew his country from the Paris Agreement On climate change.
Source: BFM TV
