President Donald Trump delivered extended remarks dismissing climate change as a manufactured concept, repeating his long-held position that shifting terminology around the issue shows it lacks substance.
Speaking about how the discussion has evolved over several decades, Trump said the idea has been repackaged multiple times and remains, in his view, a political and economic tool used against countries like the United States and the United Kingdom.
Trump said, "You know, when they talk about the climate it's the whole thing is a hoax. They used to say it was started by other countries to cause problems, but, and they used to call it global warming, but that didn't work, because it started getting cold."
He added that earlier descriptions of environmental concerns also changed over time.
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"They even called it many years ago, global cooling, but those things don't work. So now they call it climate change, because with climate change, you can't lose it."
His comments framed the terminology shift as evidence that the issue lacks clear scientific grounding.
The summary of Trump’s remarks noted that he argued the concept has been flexible enough to fit any weather pattern and has been used by foreign governments to create economic pressure.
Trump criticized the United Kingdom during his comments, referring to its policies as an example of what he sees as misguided adoption of environmental goals.
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"The whole thing is a hoax, and your country, among others, but your country is one of the worst you talk about UK. It's one of the worst in the world. They believe this nonsense is fiction," he said.
He then focused on China, claiming the country benefits financially from global environmental policy debates while continuing to rely on conventional energy at home.
According to the summary provided with his remarks, Trump suggested China advances its own economic interests by selling wind-energy equipment abroad while not adopting the same technology for domestic use.
During his statement, Trump said China’s strategy has involved dominating the wind-turbine market.
"As an example, China, very smart. They sell, they sell the windmills. Almost all of them. Used to be Germany and China. Now it's mostly China," he said.
He contrasted that with what he described as China’s internal energy choices.
"And yet, if you go around China, you see almost no wind farms. So they make the windmills and they sell it to the suckers, you know, the stupid people. But they don't have them themselves. They use oil and gas, they use coal, but they don't use the wind."
“The Whole thing is a Hoax”
“They started calling it global warming then it got cooler now they call it climate change because they can’t lose that way” “ The UK is one of the worst in the world they believe this nonsense this fiction” “Look at China they sell Wind… pic.twitter.com/071SyKxg2Z — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) November 15, 2025
Trump’s comments reflected the position summarized in the description of the statement: that climate change, as a concept, was promoted by foreign countries to create complications for others while those same nations pursued different policies at home.
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““And yet, if you go around China, you see almost no wind farms.”
China’s got a ton of wind farms! They’re actually the world leader in wind power generation, with the largest installed capacity globally. As of 2023, they had a whopping 561,492 megawatts of wind power capacity, accounting for 7.5% of their total power generation.
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China’s wind power growth is driven by government targets and investment. They’re expected to host over a fifth of the world’s offshore wind turbines by 2030, with a goal of 1,200 GW of wind and solar capacity by the same year
Better focus on curbing ballot fudging via beefed-up voter rolls otherwise come midterm is unfortunately going to be a bloodbath