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Denying facts is not going to help, Mr President. The air will remain just as toxic even if you deny — God bless America('s air)

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As you keep denying data and science, President Trump, air pollution is choking your electorate. Dear President Trump, Greetings from the  most polluted capital of the world .  This is regarding the statement you made in a  conversation with Prime Minister Varadkar of Ireland  in Shannon in June this year. You had said, "We have the cleanest air in the world, in the United States, and it’s gotten better since I’m President." Sorry to break your little bubble, President Trump, but nothing could be further from the truth. In your country, the air quality is worse in the past two years than it has been in the past — just a few years prior. The past, in fact, saw your country vastly improving the air quality from the earlier deteriorations. And by past, we mean before you took oath as the President in 2017. Air pollution kills, sir. Ask us Indians —  specifically Delhiites  — and we can tell you in volumes about how it feels to be breathing the t...