Why America’s economic strength lessens its risk of being targeted by radical Net-Zero states
 As the world teeters on the edge of economic stagnation, one nation stands apart: the United States. It is the only major power both willing and able to pursue robust economic growth.
But until recently, this distinction may have become a liability. In an era where Western governments are increasingly beholden to radical climate orthodoxy, the US risks becoming the focal point of ideological and regulatory attack - not from adversaries abroad, but from its own allies.
The climate agenda now dominates policy across Europe and Canada, where governments have embraced sweeping mandates and bans in the name of public health and environmental salvation. These policies—ranging from restrictions on meat consumption and internal combustion engines to the rollout of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) that threaten to eliminate cash - are being implemented with little public debate. The pros and cons are rarely aired. Instead, the narrative is presented as settled science, with dissenters dismissed as dangerous and/or deluded.
The bulk of environmental regulation, particularly in shipping, is built on the premise that global warming is an existential threat to humanity. Yet this premise is rarely if ever scrutinised.
Mandates spring from imperatives from nowhere. As former Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel once said, “Never let a crisis go to waste.” That ethos now appears to be an operating principle of Western technocracies.
The recent report from the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has thrown a wrench into this machinery. Authored by a team of respected scientists, including former Obama official Steven Koonin and climatologist John Christy, the report concludes that climate change, while real, is not the apocalyptic threat it is made out to be. It argues that the economic impact of global warming on the US is negligible and that aggressive mitigation policies may do more harm than good.
This is not fringe science. It is a sober reassessment of the evidence. And it has arrived at a moment when the Deep State - the administrative state, or the Blob as it is known in the UK -is facing unprecedented scrutiny.
Across Britain and Ireland, large-scale demonstrations have erupted against immigration policies and climate mandates. These protests, ignored by legacy media, have found life on social media, where citizen journalism has exposed the growing disconnect between the governed and their governors. The Deep State, a mutually reinforcing complex of media, academia, and bureaucracy, is no longer unchallenged.
In the US, President Trump’s administration took steps to resist this tide. With a single executive order, he halted the influx of migrants that many Western governments claim they are powerless to stop. The broader strategy of the leftist parties in Western democracies appears to be to flood the developed world with third-world migrants, then recruit them as dependent voters.
These voters, reliant on state support, are expected to vote for the very governments that engineered their arrival. Meanwhile, those governments feign helplessness, insisting that global forces are beyond their control.
But the American electorate has shown that it is not so easily manipulated. The DOE-EPA report is a watershed moment. It challenges one of the central pillars of Deep State power: the climate narrative.
By undermining the claim that climate change is a looming catastrophe, it opens the door to genuine debate. No longer can climate policy be treated as sacrosanct. It must be defended with evidence, not enforced through fear of reprisal.
This shift is likely to provoke backlash. The US, by refusing to conform to the radical climate agenda, may find itself isolated. European powers, committed to net-zero targets and CBDC rollouts, may seek to punish America economically or diplomatically. Trade barriers, regulatory sanctions, and international pressure could be deployed to force compliance.
Yet the US holds a trump card: growth. While Europe stagnates under the weight of its own regulations, America continues to innovate, produce, and expand. Its energy sector, freed from excessive constraints, is thriving. Its economy, though battered by inflation and global uncertainty, remains resilient. And its people, increasingly sceptical of elite narratives, are demanding accountability.
The climate debate is no longer a scientific dispute. It is a political battleground. And the US, by virtue of its strength, has become the frontline.
The question now is whether America will stand firm. Will it continue to challenge the orthodoxy, or will it succumb to the pressures of global consensus? The answer may determine not only the future of US policy but the fate of Western civilisation itself.
For too long, the Deep State has operated in the shadows, shaping policy without scrutiny. But the tide is turning. The DOE-EPA report is a call to arms - not against science, but against the misuse of science. It demands that climate policy be grounded in reality, not ideology.
The stakes are high. If the US retreats, the radical agenda will advance unchecked. CBDCs will replace cash, mandates will multiply, and dissent will be silenced. But if the US resists, it may inspire others to follow. The protests in the UK and on the Continent suggest that the public is ready. What it needs is leadership. |
