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Donald Trump predicts the end of global warming

2020-09-14T21:10:49.694Z


While the western United States is on fire, Donald Trump visits California. There he claims it will be cooler again soon. Meanwhile, Joe Biden calls the US president a "climate arsonist".


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Donald Trump with the California Governor Gavin Newsom in Sacramento

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US President Donald Trump put the consequences of climate change into perspective during a visit to the forest fire areas in California.

During a public conversation with emergency services and officials in Sacramento, California, Trump said to the head of the California agency for natural resources, Wade Crowfoot: "It will be cooler again. You will see."

When Crowfoot replied that he wished science would agree with Trump, the US president said, "I don't think science knows about it."

Trump: "trees just explode"

Trump again blamed inadequate care of the forests for the huge forest fires in the western United States.

"There must be strong forest management," demanded Trump.

Fallen trees would become very dry after a short time.

"They really become like a match. They just explode," Trump said.

California Governor Gavin Newsom admitted there is a need for improvement in forest management, but linked the fires with climate change: "The heat waves are getting hotter and the droughts are getting drier," said the politician of the opposition Democrats.

Climate change is "real" and exacerbates the crisis.

Joe Biden calls Trump "climate arsonist"

Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has sharply criticized Trump's view of climate change.

Although the "West is literally on fire," Trump continues to deny climate change and its "relentless" consequences, Biden said in Wilmington, Delaware.

Instead of basing his policy on scientific knowledge, Trump operates as a "climate arsonist".

Biden said "Trump's climate change denial" "may not have caused the fires, record floods and record hurricanes."

But if Trump comes to a second term, "these hellish events will become more frequent, more destructive and deadly."

In addition to California, the states of Oregon and Washington are affected by severe forest fires.

Meanwhile, states in the south of the country were preparing for the arrival of another hurricane and associated flooding.

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Source: spiegel

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