New York City, 22 April 2030

Earth Day Should Be Every Day.

Speech by the US President to the UN General Assembly

Dear Mrs. Secretary General, dear Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen!
For the first time in human history, a female president of the United States of America is speaking to the United Nations. All over the world today, Earth Day is being celebrated – and so I want to speak to you as a citizen of the earth!
I’m sure you all followed the reports of yesterday’s Easter Mass in Rome and the celebrations that followed. Although I’m not Catholic, the words and images also moved me deeply. At first, the temptation was great to apologize here and now for the unspeakable suffering that was caused in the name of the White House. But unlike the Pope, I was elected by the people for a few years and, apart from that, I don’t identify with our previous administrations.
But I can follow the Pope’s example in a different way, and that is by bringing about change. Christ’s message 2000 years ago was about peace. One century ago, Gandhi said: “There is no way to peace, peace is the way!” Few took up this wisdom, one of them was Martin Luther King. Like Jesus and Gandhi, he was murdered for his ideals, but his great dream of a better world lives on to this day. Ladies and gentlemen, I think it is time to make this dream a reality!
Therefore, I am announcing to you the total disarmament of the USA! All nuclear and high-tech weapons have been dismantled and all armed forces have been converted into civil protection units. What has only caused death and destruction for so many decades should now help to reduce human suffering, nationally and globally!
Ladies and gentlemen, I am announcing to you the total nuclear phase-out of the USA! All power plants and and all nuclear fusion facilities have been shut down and replaced by unconditional access to Free energy.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am announcing to you the total recycling revolution in the USA! All mining companies have been banned and all mines closed. All drilling rigs and platforms have been dismantled and all refineries closed. What has been on scrap heaps and transported to poorer countries for decades is to be recycled from now on — along with military weapons!
Ladies and gentlemen, I am announcing to you the total devaluation of the US Dollar! All individuals and communities have been relieved of their financial debts. Private property has ceased to exist. It has become the highest duty of any citizen to help each other unconditionally.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am announcing to you the total organic farming in the USA! All chemical fertilizers and pesticides have been banned. All genetic laboratories have been closed and all manipulations banned. What has been treated like an experimental kit for decades is to be respected as inviolable from now on — because it is our Mother Earth!
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to appeal to you to do the same. And if you want to forgive me a little bit of patriotism in conclusion: I hope that the motherland of modern democracy will soon become the motherland of world peace.
Thank you very much for your attention!