Former Republican President Donald Trump’s incoherent response to a question about climate change during a Fox Business interview on Monday left viewers bewildered.
In a haphazard fashion, the former President rattled off an inaccurate tale about the “history” of climate change.
The commentary was his answer to a question posed by host Stuart Varney, who asked:
"Is the climate changing because of human activity?"
Citing no authority for his information, Trump answered:
"In my opinion, you have a thing called weather.”
“And you go up and you go down. If you look at it in the 1920s, they were talking about global freezing.”
“OK? In other words, the globe was going to freeze.”
“And then they go global warming and then they couldn't use that because the temperatures were actually quite cool and it's many different things.”
“So now, they just talk about climate change."
He concluded his monologue by saying:
“The climate has always been changing.”
You can see the segment here:
Trump denounced the climate crisis, claiming it is a hoax. His claims that efforts to reverse the effects of climate change make the country “non-competitive” stunted sustainability goals in the United States during his presidency.
According to the New York Times, Trump rolled back nearly 100 environmental rules during his presidency.
Reactions to the interview were overwhelmingly critical of the former President, with Duty To Warn posting:
"On Fox Business today, Trump was asked about climate change, and delivered this Einsteinian response: 'In my opinion, you have a thing called weather. And it goes up and it goes down. If you look into the 1920s, they were talking about global freezing'."
"My brain hurts."
On Fox Business today, Trump was asked about climate change, and delivered this Einsteinian response: \n"In my opinion, you have a thing called weather. And it goes up and it goes down. If you look into the 1920s, they were talking about global freezing."\n\nMy brain hurts.— Duty To Warn \ud83d\udd09 (@Duty To Warn \ud83d\udd09) 1647900899
Another tweeted:
"He can't even string 2 words that make any sense together."
He can't even string 2 words that make any sense together.\nTrump struggles to explain climate change: 'In my opinion, you have a thing called weather'https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-climate-change-2657003276/\u00a0\u2026— LynneL. (@LynneL.) 1647884474
Political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen commented:
"I don’t know what’s more baffling: how stupid he is or how confident he is in his stupidity."
I don\u2019t know what\u2019s more baffling: how stupid he is or how confident he is in his stupidity.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1505936005819514885\u00a0\u2026— Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen) 1647878471
While someone else shared:
"Dumb does not even come close to capturing how astoundingly ignorant this man is."
"What an embarrassment that he was president of U.S."
Dumb does not even come close to capturing how astoundingly ignorant this man is. What an embarrassment that he was president of US:\n\nTrump struggles to explain climate change: 'In my opinion, you have a thing called weather'https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-climate-change-2657003276/\u00a0\u2026— Stephen pike \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Stephen pike \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1647881685
Dudes climate record was abysmal so I'm not shocked.— Edward Davis (@Edward Davis) 1647890943
This coming from the same brilliant mind that brought you:\n-Drinking bleach to kill COVID \n-Nuking a Hurricane to stop it \n-Attacking Russia in planes with Chinese Flag, so Russia thought China attacked them— Christopher Lee (@Christopher Lee) 1647892928
It is well-established climate change is, in fact, very real and a direct product of emissions caused by human activity.
According to the National Center for Science Education, it’s precisely because of human impact that the planet is warming, not cooling.
Yet, Trump’s public factual inaccuracies continue to be parroted by his devout followers:
"Bet the media will take what Trump just said on @Varneyco out of context as usual."
"He said that what the Green supporters are pushing is a 'climate hoax'."
"He did not say that climate change is a hoax prove me wrong."
Bet the media will take what Trump just said on @Varneyco out of context as usual. He said that what the Green supporters are pushing is a "climate hoax". He did not say that climate change is a hoax prove me wrong.— Jerry Rosen (@Jerry Rosen) 1647877736
The dangers of Trump's rhetoric surrounding climate change continue to wreak havoc beyond his presidency.
