Dear Mr. Trump,

Our world faces the dire consequences of global warming. The Fourth National Climate Assessment, prepared by a coalition of agencies of our government, warns that “The impacts of climate change are already being felt in communities across the country … Future climate change is expected to further disrupt many areas of life, exacerbating existing challenges to prosperity posed by aging and deteriorating infrastructure, stressed ecosystems, and economic inequality.”

You have heedlessly and callously rejected these conclusions of your government.

“I don’t believe it,” you say, with no reasonable scientific basis for your disbelief. Or should I say your purported disbelief.

The truth is that you don’t care.

You don’t care of the destruction of our communities and social systems.

You don’t care about whether climate change destroys our farmlands and forests, floods our coastal cities, or brings on worldwide famine.

It’s obvious why you don’t care. You think your family has enough money to live comfortably no matter the climate. The hell with the rest of us Americans. The hell with the rest of the world.

As the Climate Assessment says, “Impacts within and across regions will not be distributed equally. People who are already vulnerable, including lower-income and other marginalized communities, have lower capacity to prepare for and cope with extreme weather and climate-related events and are expected to experience greater impacts.”

In other words, the poor will suffer more. That’s fine by you. But it’s not fine for most Americans.

According to a Gallup poll, “Majorities of Americans overall say most scientists think global warming is occurring (66%), it is caused by human activities (64%) and its effects have begun (60%).”

We will be at the voting booths in 2020 to get rid our Ignoramus-in-Chief.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger