Trump passes the Buck on climate change again, denounces Biden’s plan
US President Donald Trump on Thursday described the air in India and China as “filthy” as he denounces Democratic rival Joe Biden’s plan to tackle climate change. At their second and final presidential debate ahead of the November 3 election, Trump renewed his criticism that action on climate change was unfair to the United States.
“Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia, look at India- it’s filthy. The air is filthy. I walked out of the Paris Accord as we had to take out trillions of dollars and we treated very unfairly,” Trump said during the debate in Nashville.
Trump charged that Biden’s climate plan was an “economic disaster” for oil states such as Texas and Oklahoma. Biden said that climate change is “an existential threat to humanity. We have a moral obligation to deal with it.” “we’re going to pass the point of no return within the next eight to 10 years,” he said.
Trump has made a similar remark during the first debate on 29 September when he bracketed India with China and Russia and said these countries contribute to global pollution. “China sends up real dirt into the air. Russia does, India does-they all do,” he had said.
Earlier Trump has also made a critical reference to India during a debate. At first presidential debate, Trump questioned India’s corona virus data. “when you talk about numbers you don’t know how many people died in China, you don’t know how many people died in Russia, you don’t know how many people died in India. They don’t exactly give you a straight count,” he had said.
The US president has repeatedly blamed countries like India and China for not doing enough on climate change.
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