President Trump said Monday he does not believe the findings in last week’s government report on climate change. Thirteen federal agencies contributed to the report, which warns that human-driven climate change threatens to shrink the U.S. economy by as much as 10 percent by 2100, while increasing extreme weather events, destroying infrastructure, worsening air quality, destroying crops and leading to more frequent disease outbreaks. This is Trump speaking with reporters Monday.
President Donald Trump: “I’ve seen it. I’ve read some of it. And it’s fine.”
Reporter: “But they say the economic impact could be devastating.”
President Donald Trump: “Yeah, I don’t believe it.”
Reporter: “You don’t believe it?”
President Donald Trump: “No, no, I don’t believe it. And here’s the other thing. You’re going to have to have China and Japan and all of Asia and all of these other countries—you know, it addresses our country. Right now we’re at the cleanest we’ve ever been, and that’s very important to me. But if we’re clean, but every other place on Earth is dirty, that’s not so good. So I want clean air. I want clean water. Very important.”