Fires in the United States: Donald Trump believes that the climate "will eventually cool down"
The US President at a meeting regarding the massive fires in California, September 14, 2020. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst
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The American president was Monday, September 14 on the American west coast to take stock of the operations to fight these fires.
An assumed climatosceptic, the American president did not fail to question any link between climate change and fires.
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Loubna Anaki
While the governor of California had just asked him to respect different opinions on climate change and above all to respect the fact that California believes in science, Donald Trump could not help but show his skepticism when Wade Crowfoot, the head of natural resources of the state calls him on the question.
"
It will eventually cool down,
" said the US president.
What Wade Crowfoot replies to him: "
If only science proved you right
".
Then Donald Trump retorts with a "
I do not believe that science really knows
".
This is not the first time that the US president has denied the existence of climate change.
But some officials hoped that in the
face of the fierce fires currently
ravaging California, Oregon and Washington State, Donald Trump would avoid such statements, especially since he was on hand to support the local authorities in their fight against fires.
Another Trump failure for Biden
At the same time, Joe Biden was making a speech precisely on these fires and the climate.
He accused the president of "
failing in the management of the environmental crisis just as he failed in the management of the health crisis
".
For the Democratic presidential candidate: “
This crisis is among the most serious of our time.
It requires action, not denial… If we give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, how can we be surprised that America is set on fire?
"
Science knows.
https://t.co/Pwx8meY4zw
Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 14, 2020
Donald Trump's comments on science today sparked sharp criticism, but the White House declined to comment further.
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