New York Post

Joe ‘eco warrior’ Earth Day vow

- Steven Nelson

President Biden on Friday celebrated Earth Day in Seattle with a rambling speech vowing to make “every vehicle” in the military “climatefri­endly” while admitting his personal fleet includes a prized Corvette that “does nothing but pollute.”

Biden didn’t offer specifics while telling Democrats in a park that he intends to cut the emissions of war machines like tanks, helicopter­s and fighter jets.

“I’m going to start the process where every vehicle in the United States military — every vehicle is going to be climate-friendly,” Biden said.

“Every vehicle. No, I mean it. We’re spending billions of dollars to do it.”

The president, who uses large amounts of fossil fuels for regular weekend trips home to Delaware, admitted he’s had a hard time practicing what he is preaching.

“I’m an automobile buff. I have a ’68 Corvette that does nothing but pollute the air. But I don’t drive it very much,” Biden joked, appearing to refer to his 1967 Corvette Stingray.

The gaffe-prone president’s week began with an aide dressed as an Easter bunny intervenin­g to stop him from talking to reporters, but no staffers stepped in as he proceeded to use baby-talk to imitate a child’s plea for him to “pwomise” to “pwease” protect the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.

Biden then crouched behind his lectern and delivered a wide-eyed whisper to acknowledg­e that some people find windmills ugly.

“I made it clear to my friends up in Nantucket and that area, ‘I don’t want to hear any more about you don’t like looking at them.’ They’re pretty,” Biden said.

Biden went on to tell his crowd that he has asthma as a result of oil refineries near his childhood home — despite the fact that his doctor didn’t note the ailment in an annual health report last year.

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