President Trump called himself “an environmentalist” while boasting about American oil and gas production at the G-7 summit in France on Monday. His answer came in response to a question about whether he believes in the reality of climate change, which he has previously described as a hoax.
He didn’t answer the question.
“In a nutshell, I want the cleanest water on earth. I want the cleanest air on earth,” Trump said at the end of a press conference before leaving the stage. “I’m an environmentalist. A lot of people don’t understand that. I’ve done more environmental impact statements ... than anybody that’s ever been president or vice president or anything even close to president.”
Environmental impact statements are required for most large development projects, such as building golf courses.
The United States does not have the cleanest air and water on earth. The president frequently makes this claim, which conflates traditional measures of pollution with greenhouse gas emissions, the cause of global warming.
“I feel that the United States has tremendous wealth, the wealth is under its feet. I’ve made that wealth come alive,” he said. “I’m not gonna lose that wealth on dreams, on windmills, which frankly aren’t working too well.”
Trump boasted about opening up the previously untouched Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling after decades of political controversy.
With over half of the world’s new oil and gas pipelines located in North America, more drilling could “deliver a major blow to efforts to slow climate change,” according to Global Energy Monitor.
“I think I know more about the environment than most people,” said Trump, who in 2017 announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement to globally reduce greenhouse gas emissions and was the only world leader who did not appear at the G-7 meeting on climate change over the weekend.
Last year, the world’s leading climate scientists released a report for the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warning that globally, humans have until 2030 to cut carbon pollution and avoid the damaging effects of global warming like rising water levels and devastating storms.
Meanwhile, Trump has suggested that “we nuke” hurricanes headed toward the U.S.
“I want clear air. I want clean water. I want a wealthy country. I want a spectacular country with jobs, with pensions, with so many things,” Trump said.
But, he continued, “at the same time, it’s very important to me we have to maintain this incredible place that we’ve all built. We’ve become a much richer country. And that’s a good thing, not a bad thing, because that great wealth allows us to take care of people. We can take care of people that we couldn’t have taken care in the past.
“We can’t let that great wealth be taken away,” Trump added.
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At least we are changing our ways, it may be slow, but if everyone did something to help, it would accumulate. I don't see why this is a Rep or Dem thing. You can laugh all you want, but YOU are the problem, for not trying. Trump is a genius:
1) he decided against wind power because the wind doesn't always blow
2) he decided against solar power because its dark at night
North Korea, Iran, Brazil and all South America, China and RUSSIA - all in turmoil per Trump. Everything was better and quieter before 2016, what else do you need to know to VOTE this Lunatic out of office and his Family and his Administration. WHAT??????
What Trump doesn't understand is that there is a large number of people who are smarter than he is. He thinks that what little he knows is all there is to know, and considers himself a genius because he knows all that he thinks there is to know. He doesn't understand complicated ideas and explanations, he's not interested in them, therefore, since they are outside his own knowledge, they must be fake. This is a really dangerous president for America to have.
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