New Delhi: From calling climate change a “hoax” to terming global warming a “green scam”, here are ten things that Donald Trump, who has secured a second term as the president of the United States, has previously said about climate and environmental issues.
On global warming and climate change
“When people talk about global warming, I say the ocean is going down 100th of an inch within the next 400 years. That’s not our problem.” (2024 election campaign)
“I will terminate the new green scam, one of the great scams in history. Remember, our country was going to be dead in 12 years. Well, we came up. They say global warming. They used to call it global warming, but now they call it climate change.” (2024 election campaign)
“I don’t think science knows, actually.” (2020, on West Coast wildfires)
“The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive.” (2012, X—then Twitter)
“We’ll have a little bit more beachfront property, that’s not the worst thing in the world.” (2022, rally in Alaska)
“It’s freezing in New York—where the hell is global warming?” (2013, X—then Twitter)
On oil extraction
“We will drill, baby, drill.” (2024 election campaign)
On climate finance
“Paris Accord includes yet another scheme to redistribute wealth out of the United States through the so-called Green Climate Fund—nice name” (2020, while formally exiting the Paris Climate Agreement)
On the Paris Accord
“In order to fulfil my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord… but begin negotiations to re-enter either the Paris accord or a really entirely new transaction on terms that are fair to the United States…” (2017, announcing US’ exit from the Paris Agreement)
“The badly flawed Paris Climate Agreement protects the polluters, hurts Americans, and cost a fortune. NOT ON MY WATCH!” (2019, X—then Twitter)
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