When President Joe Biden worked to burnish his climate legacy in the Brazilian Amazon on Sunday, the unspoken presence of Donald Trump shadowed the historic stop.

President Joe Biden highlighted his climate legacy in Brazil on Sunday during a visit to the Amazon rainforest, the first by a sitting U.S. president.

Joe Biden will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday as he flags the dangers of global warming often dismissed by Donald Trump, who enters the White House in January vowing to scrap measures to fight climate change.

Joe Biden toured the shrinking waters of the Rio Negro as the first sitting American president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest Sunday. The visit comes as the U.S.

On November 17th, 2024, Joe Biden became the first sitting United States president to visit the Amazon Rainforest. [1] Biden gave a speech (seen below) while in Manaus, Brazil, announcing a proclamation to support the conservation of nature around the world. C-Span posted the full speech, amassing more than 2,000 views and 140 likes in a few hours.

The president toured the rainforest and promised Brazil funds for environmental initiatives, even as the incoming Trump administration appears poised to roll them back.

Biden’s emphasis on climate change during his trip creates yet another contrast with Trump as the president prepares to leave office.

Joe Biden will put a bow on his environmental legacy Sunday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon — a gesture of solidarity with global efforts to confront the looming catastrophe of climate change.

Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse "the clean energy revolution that's underway in America" even as the incoming Trump administration is poised to scale back efforts to combat climate change.