China, in his words · Before politics · № 13
Wrote that global warming 'was created by and for the Chinese'
“The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.”
- Said
- , Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)
- Subject
- global warming
- Threat
- Economic threat
- Topic
- Energy & environment
- Era
- Before politics
What the record showed
On Jan. 18, 2016, Trump told Fox & Friends: 'I often joke that this is done for the benefit of China. Obviously, I joke. But this is done for the benefit of China.' PolitiFact rated as Mostly True the statement that he had called climate change a hoax invented by the Chinese. On June 1, 2017, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, saying that under it 'China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants.'