Trump Dismisses Climate Report, Calls It a “Fine” Bunch of Stuff
After finally staring at the recent government climate assessment, President Trump says he’s not buying the whole “catastrophe” narrative.
Key points from the White House rant
- “I don’t believe it.” – Trump repeats the headline denial when addressing the report that warns of gigantic economic losses if we keep pumping carbon into the atmosphere.
- He points out that even though the U.S. is “clean” now, “if every other place on Earth is dirty, that’s not so good.” He stresses clean air and water as priorities.
- Trump says the U.S. won’t cut emissions unless other countries, especially “China and Japan and all of Asia,” follow suit.
- He views the report as “fine,” implying it’s not a serious call to action.
What the report actually says (and Trump doesn’t buy)
According to the assessment released last Friday, climate change could rack up hundreds of billions of dollars in losses by the end of the century. It warns that American infrastructure, property, and future economic growth could suffer, and that global trade and supply chains would feel the squeeze.
Trump’s long‑standing skepticism
It’s no surprise that the 2016‑era president, who pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement and rolled back many environmental regulations, is skeptical of the broader scientific consensus linking human activity with rising temperatures.
He famously called climate change a “going back and forth” thing during a Georgia hurricane visit, and gave a lukewarm reply to a major UN report that sounded the alarm on warming‑related chaos. “I want to look who drew it,” he said, hinting he can produce both “fabulous” and “not so good” reports.
Bottom line
Trump keeps his fingers in the no‑climate‑change pot, betting the U.S. won’t lift emissions unless the rest of the world does.
