r/politics • u/tetaniclemur • 5d ago

No Paywall Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America’s Bulk-Power System

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-a-national-emergency-to-secure-americas-bulk-power-system/
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u/Brewchowskies Canada 5d ago

And the emergency of the forest fires a few weeks ago. We were supposed to pay to clean the air or some nonsense.

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u/discodropper New York 5d ago

I thought the idea was to rake the forests or some nonsense

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u/Biglyugebonespurs Missouri 5d ago

Yes he actually said this shit.

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 United Kingdom 5d ago

Yes, a forest five times the size of Texas.