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Wed Jun 5, 2019, 05:15 PM Jun 2019

Fact-checking Trump's false claims on climate

As usual, Trump comes across as dumb as a doorknob!










Fact-checking Trump's false claims on climate


https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/politics/trump-fact-check-climate-change/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-06-05T17%3A52%3A52&utm_term=link&utm_source=twCNN
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By Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist


(CNN)During a wide-ranging interview with British TV host Piers Morgan, President Donald Trump touched on climate change, transgender people in the military, and much more. In his interview, Trump referenced the lengthy discussion he had with Prince Charles about climate change.


Despite saying it was a "great conversation" and that he was "moved" by Prince Charles' passion for battling climate change to protect future generations, Trump once again fell back into confusing the science of climate change and resorted to made-up tropes about it.


Here's a breakdown of what he said and how it lines up with the facts.
A change in the weather

"I believe that there is a change in weather and I think it changes both ways," Trump told Morgan. ......................................
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