President Donald J. Trump used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York Tuesday morning to call climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion,” according to Reuters.
He told delegates that dire scientific predictions of global warming “were made for bad reasons,” dismissing the work of climate researchers as politically motivated and economically harmful. Trump further claimed that many advocates for climate action are “stupid” and that global efforts to reduce carbon emissions have damaged economies, particularly in Europe, Reuters reported.
The president framed his remarks within a broader argument for what he described as American “energy dominance,” praising the United States’ oil, gas, coal, and nuclear resources. He warned that nations relying heavily on renewable energy are “heading toward disaster,” and he singled out European Union climate policies as examples of what not to follow, Reuters noted.
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