President Donald Trump on Thursday destabilized a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an executive order on Thursday that could eventually open up international waters to excavation firms that the United States unilaterally deems worthy.
I’ve seen Rapture. Would not recommend.
As an aside, why can’t any of his stupid I-fucking-hate-this-future ideas be something that’s actually kinda cool, if not also just as dangerous? Like a space elevator or a hole to access a near-infinite supply of magma to generate power, or dropping a nuke into the eye of a hurric- wait, scratch that last one. He already suggested it, but, like always, failed to follow through.