In just his first six months in office, President Donald Trump undertook a range of actions that gravely undermined common-sense stewardship of America's oceans-enough for the Center for American Progress to conclude that he had launched a "War on Oceans." His attacks included withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change; signing executive orders aimed at reckless expansion of offshore oil drilling; direct attacks on the spectacular wildlife protected within national marine sanctuaries and marine national monuments; and proposing draconian cuts to the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .