President Donald Trump waded into a fight over shipping emissions Thursday ahead of a vote on a measure to limit emissions from the industry.
“I am outraged that the International Maritime Organization is voting in London this week to pass a global Carbon Tax,” Trump posted Thursday on the social media website Truth Social.
Trump’s post marks his team’s latest effort to influence the vote on shipping rules under consideration by the IMO, the United Nations agency that sets safety and environmental rules for the shipping industry.
“The United States will NOT stand for this Global Green New Scam Tax on Shipping, and will not adhere to it in any way, shape, or form,” the president wrote. “We will not tolerate increased prices on American Consumers OR, the creation of a Green New Scam Bureaucracy to spend YOUR money on their Green dreams. Stand with the United States, and vote NO in London tomorrow!”
