Foreign media reported on March 20 that recent floods in the Midwest of the United States have killed three people and caused a serious impact on a nuclear power plant and an air force base. This not only highlights the risks posed by climate change to US national security, but also makes the US president's denial of climate change once again face a realistic test.

According to Reuters on March 19, U.S. experts said on March 18 that flooding in Nebraska has affected a local air base, damaging many of its buildings and forcing the base to remove an aircraft that is extremely important in response to nuclear attacks, highlighting the risks posed to national security by climate change.

Reported that US President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned whether human behavior has really caused climate change, and is extremely dissatisfied with military and intelligence agencies' claims that climate change poses a risk to national security.

Stephen Young, a Washington representative of the Union of concerned scientists, said: "in view of the president's denial of climate change." I'm not sure if the word 'irony' is enough to describe the current bizarre phenomenon that the results of climate change have had such an adverse impact on the effectiveness of the president's control of US nuclear weapons in an emergency. "

The White House has considered setting up a panel to assess the government's climate risk report, which may be led by a retired physics professor, the report said. But more ironically, the professor thinks greenhouse gas emissions are good for the planet.

According to CNN on March 18, US President Donald Trump responded to the flooding in the Midwest on Twitter on March 18. "my team is in close contact with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and the local officials dealing with the flood," he said in a tweet from the Iowa governor. We support you and thank all those who responded in the first place and worked for a long time. You have helped the great people of Iowa. "

Trump also retweeted the governor of South Dakota on Twitter, saying once again, "We pray for the great people of South Dakota." We are in close contact with Governor Christinem and all state and local leaders during and after this devastating flood. Everyone needs to be safe! " (compiled / Wang Lulu)