Families Use Old Law to Sue Trump, Media Ignores Bigger Currents
📰 THE STORY: Families of men killed in boat strikes are leveraging a 100-year-old maritime law to sue former President Trump, alleging negligence due to his administration's environmental rollbacks and staffing cuts at agencies responsible for marine safety. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: While the media focuses on Trump, the historical deregulation of maritime industries
stretches back decades, accelerating under administrations from both parties. The Jones Act, often lauded for protecting US shipping, has also been criticized for stifling competition and making US shipping more expensive, which can indirectly lead to corner-cutting elsewhere. Furthermore, the push for ever-larger cargo vessels, championed by globalist trade agreements and corporate desire for
efficiency, inherently increases risks. The 2021 Suez Canal blockage by the Ever Given, a modern mega-ship, highlighted the precariousness of this system, yet the media framed it as an anomaly rather than a symptom of a pursuit of unchecked maritime scale. Double Standard: The intense focus on legal action against a former president regarding maritime safety is framed as a democratic
accountability ritual. Yet, when similar accusations of negligence arise concerning international fossil fuel transport, mass contamination events, or the countless deaths of migrants at sea due to EU border policies and neglected rescue operations—such as the Pylos shipwreck in June 2023 that killed hundreds—the narrative shifts. Those incidents are often framed as 'unfortunate accidents' or