In the US national parks are called National Monuments, and one of the largest is in Utah, known as the “Bear’s Ears Monument” and the “Grand Staircase Monument”. They’re huge, over a million acres, and contain unique ancient Native American wall paintings and stone built dwellings. The local Native American population regard much of the area as sacred, as do much of the Caucasian peoples who live in or nearby this beautiful place.
But the area is rich in natural resources, including shale gas, oil and precious minerals. And the news that Donald Trump has ordered reducing the size of the national monuments by 85% is good for the speculators and other capitalists, who are now free to exploit the area as they see fit.
Last week the world stood appalled as Trump retweeted the lunatic rankings of Britain First. And later it looked on agog as he said he already knew his national security advisor James Flynnn had lied to the FBI. Perhaps he is even guilty of obstruction of justice because of that, though Trump himself reckons he can pardon himself if so accused. But let’s not forget that amid all the furore about these important issues, such as his disgraceful pro-Zionist move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, he’s busy undermining the greatest thing about America: its love and desire to protect its great, but vulnerable, wild places.
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