Trump Wins 2018 Rubber Dodo Award as Top Eco-villain
No shocker here: President Trump has won the Center's 2018 Rubber Dodo award. We award the statue each year to the person who has most aggressively sought to destroy America's natural heritage or drive endangered species extinct.
"Trump has wrecked, poisoned and polluted our environment on an unprecedented scale," said Kierán Suckling, the Center's executive director. "There's never been a president with such a vicious and ignorant approach to slashing protections for water, wildlife, lands and oceans."
Thanks to the 12,000-plus people who voted in this year's contest. Other nominees were Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, Interior Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt and Homeland Security Director Kirstjen Nielsen.
But, really, how could the winner be anyone but Trump?
Read more in our press release.
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