Friends of the Earth International statement on the election of Donald Trump

A collective statement from the Friends of the Earth International network, issued during their 2016 Biennial General Meeting in Indonesia, condemning the election of Donald Trump and his proposed policies regarding the environment, human rights, and immigration.

• Friends of the Earth International condemns Donald Trump's rhetoric and bigotry, stating that his statements have threatened and denigrated various groups including women, people of color, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and the differently abled, contributing to an increase in hate crimes in the United States.
• The organization rejects several of Trump's policy proposals, specifically citing the deregulation of industry, the concentration of wealth and political power, the erosion of human and civil rights, the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, the construction of a southern border wall, and the creation of a registry for Muslims.
• The network expresses outrage over Donald Trump's climate denialism and disdain for environmental protection, asserting that these views threaten to reverse decades of global and U.S. progress on climate change.
• The statement attributes the rise of Trump to a global trend of authoritarianism, racism, and xenophobia, as well as the disenfranchisement and economic insecurity caused by neo-liberalism and corporate globalization in the United States.

APA

Fox, A. (2016). Friends of the Earth International statement on the election of Donald Trump. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/2016-12-foe-international-statement-on-trump-election/

Chicago

Fox, Audrey. Friends of the Earth International statement on the election of Donald Trump. Friends of the Earth, 2016. https://foe.org/news/2016-12-foe-international-statement-on-trump-election/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{fox2016friends, author = {Fox, Audrey}, title = {{Friends of the Earth International statement on the election of Donald Trump}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2016}, month = dec, url = {https://foe.org/news/2016-12-foe-international-statement-on-trump-election/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }