Schwarzenegger calls out ‘Stone Age’ Trump
Arnold Schwarzenegger laid into US President Donald Trump Sunday, saying his plans to revive coal would bring the world back to the horse and cart. “He’s back in the Stone Age,” he said.
The former California governor said he despairs of what Trump’s energy policy, which is heavy on fossil fuels, will do to the planet. “As far as the environment is concerned, he is misinformed,” he said.
But “one man” cannot destroy the Earth, he argued, particularly a leader as ineffective as the billionaire businessman. “So far nothing has got done since he became president. Nothing,” he added.
“When I hear he wants to bring coal back, that’s going backwards. The next thing he’ll want to bring horses and buggies (carts) back. Trump or no Trump we all have to move forward. Only people power and embracing technology to replace fossil fuels will change this,” insisted the actor, whose R20 network works with local and regional leaders across the world to combat climate change.
Schwarzenegger produces and narrates a new documentary by the son of undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, Wonders of the Sea 3D, which he claimed would make “people fall in love with the ocean”.
He said the movie’s positive message worked much better than “the shaming, guilt and finger pointing” that Schwarzenegger believes puts people off environmentalism. “You can’t just tell people all the time that they shouldn’t fly, or drive a big car or have a jacuzzi,” he told the Hollywood Reporter. “If you want people to change you got to make people feel good about it. When you see this film you will inevitably fall in love with the ocean,” he added.