‘It’ll start getting cooler’: Trump plays down climate change
Опубликованно 15.09.2020 05:50
The fires have burned millions of acres in California, Oregon and Washington since mid-August, and forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The death toll stands at 33.
Today Mr Trump travelled to California, where he was briefed by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and other state officials. One of those officials was Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot.
“We’ve had temperatures explode this summer. You may have learned that we broke a record in the Death Valley, 130 degrees (fahrenheit, 54 degrees celsius). But even in greater LA, 120-plus degrees (49 degrees celsius),” Mr Crowfoot told the President.
“And we’re seeing this warming trend make our summers warmer, but also our winters warmer as well. But I think one area of mutual agreement and priority is vegetation management.
“But I think we want to work with you to really recognise the changing climate, and what it means to our forests, and actually work together with that science.
“That science is going to be key, because if we ignore that science, and sort of put our head in the sand and think it’s all about vegetation management, we’re not going to succeed together protecting Californians.”
“OK. It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch,” Mr Trump replied.
“I wish science agreed with you,” said Mr Crowfoot.
“Well, I don’t think science knows, actually,” said the President.
Mr Crowfoot hit back at Mr Trump on Twitter shortly afterwards, sharing a graph showing the spike in California’s average temperature and retweeting a message from Mr Newsom’s chief of staff Ann O’Leary calling for “no more climate denial”.
Other critics made comparisons to the President’s repeated insistence, particularly between February and June, that the coronavirus was going to “go away”.
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President Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."Official:"I wish science agreed with you."President Trump: "I don't think science knows, actually." pic.twitter.com/NE2Xs5azLb— David Gura (@davidgura) September 14, 2020
It actually won’t get cooler Mr. President. #ClimateChangeIsReal pic.twitter.com/gYWtitBdcN— Wade Crowfoot (@WadeCrowfoot) September 14, 2020
Masked and messaged for the day. Climate change is real. No more climate denial. #ClimateChange #CaliforniaFires pic.twitter.com/2INkKTfS5w— Ann O'Leary (@Ann_OLeary) September 14, 2020
- “[Covid is] going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.” (Feb 28)- “It will start getting cooler — just you watch." (Sept 14)#sciencelessons— David Crow (@bydavidcrow) September 14, 2020
Trump on COVID: "One day like a miracle it will disappear."Trump on global warming: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."Every scientist on Earth:
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