‘It’s nonsensical’: how Trump is making climate the latest culture war

The ex-president is ranting about low water pressure and attacking mundane rules and technologies - and Republicans in Congress are now following his lead

When Donald Trump embarked upon a lengthy complaint at a recent rally about how long it takes to wash his beautiful luxuriant hair" due to his shower's low water pressure, he highlighted the expanding assault he and Republicans are launching against even the most obscure environmental policies - a push that's starting to influence voters.

In his bid to return to the White House, Trump has branded Joe Biden's attempt to advance electric cars in the US lunacy", claiming such vehicles do not work in the cold and that their supporters should rot in hell". He's called offshore wind turbines horrible", falsely linking them to the death of whales, while promising to scrap incentives for both wind and electric cars.