But POTUS 5 months ago:

"If you look back years ago in the 1920s and the 1930s, they said global cooling will kill the world. We have to do something. Then they said global warming will kill the world, but then it started getting cooler. So now they just call it climate change because that way they can't miss. Climate change because if it goes higher or lower, whatever the hell happens, there's climate change. It's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion. Climate change, no matter what happens, you're involved in that. No more global warming, no more global cooling. All of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong. They were made by stupid people that have cost their country's fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success."

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-...

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ASalazarMX 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> "that have cost their country's fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success."

This is a weird statement coming from Trump. I wouldn't think his base would care for improving the lives and economies of other countries, specially undeveloped countries.

	▲	stevenwoo 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		He frequently has campaign rallies and press conferences where he makes statements on both sides of the issue, though if the audience is limited he will tailor the message so only the side present hears the argument in their favor. Every post speech interview I've seen and heard from Trump supporters discount every thing he says that they personally disagree with and heartily approve everything he says that they agree with. Somehow he has insulated his own actions/words and his supporters, and it makes it difficult to reason with these supporters when you bring it up to them - it's quite uncanny.
	▲	toast0 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I mean, he's saying everyone else who tried to do something about climate change had bad results, so let's do nothing and we'll be better off. Doesn't seem weird to say that if you want to do nothing.