Trump's Global Warming Tweet Sparks Outrage
- 6 years ago
President Trump is getting slammed for his Thursday tweet on global warming.
President Trump on Thursday received widespread criticism for a tweet on global warming.
"In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year's Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
His tweet sparked numerous reactions.
"Mr President. That's not how Global Warming works. In fact, the colder weather and increased rainfall is also a direct result of the damage to our ecosystem," wrote one Twitter user.
"Climate Change describes long term impact while weather is a temporary, unpleasant condition," someone else tweeted.
Axios noted, "Climate change science is much more complicated than that, but citing cold weather is still a favorite line of politicians and others who doubt climate change is happening."
President Trump has long expressed skepticism about climate change, even calling it a hoax in the past.
"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive," Trump tweeted in 2012.
During his June 1 speech announcing the nation's withdrawal from the Paris agreement, Trump did not mention climate change once.
Instead, he cited high financial burdens, the loss of millions of jobs, and damage to sectors like coal and natural gas as his reasons for the withdrawal.
President Trump on Thursday received widespread criticism for a tweet on global warming.
"In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year's Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
His tweet sparked numerous reactions.
"Mr President. That's not how Global Warming works. In fact, the colder weather and increased rainfall is also a direct result of the damage to our ecosystem," wrote one Twitter user.
"Climate Change describes long term impact while weather is a temporary, unpleasant condition," someone else tweeted.
Axios noted, "Climate change science is much more complicated than that, but citing cold weather is still a favorite line of politicians and others who doubt climate change is happening."
President Trump has long expressed skepticism about climate change, even calling it a hoax in the past.
"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive," Trump tweeted in 2012.
During his June 1 speech announcing the nation's withdrawal from the Paris agreement, Trump did not mention climate change once.
Instead, he cited high financial burdens, the loss of millions of jobs, and damage to sectors like coal and natural gas as his reasons for the withdrawal.