Welcome to the Voyage of the Damned

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/opinion/welcome-to-the-voyage-of-the-damned.html

https://archive.ph/8R0L7

Welcome to the Voyage of the Damned
Feb. 14, 2026, 7:58 a.m. ET
By Maureen Dowd

When President Trump vitiated scientific facts on Thursday, helping fossil fuel fat cats by eliminating the government’s ability to regulate treacherous gases, a reporter asked what he says to people worried about the very real hazards of a hotter planet.

“I tell them don’t worry about it,” he shot back.

The administration has even coined a word to denigrate those who push back on Trump’s rash policies: “panican,” as in one who panics.

In a world steeped in violence and menace, we are constantly being told by the people in charge not to worry.


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