Trump says 'good old global warming' could help U.S. during cold snap

Donald Trump.
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With only a few days left in 2017, President Trump is working overtime to make sure he gets in as many digs as possible against his usual foes — Hillary Clinton, China, North Korea, facts — before the end of the year.

"In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year's Eve on record," he tweeted Thursday night. "Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!"

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.