Trump on climate change: 'I don't see it'
President Trump is brushing aside the federal government's National Climate Assessment, which found that climate change could do immeasurable harm to the United States.
The report, released on Friday, states that global warming is a threat to everything — the country's security, economy, natural resources, and infrastructure, as well as the health of Americans. Trump's not concerned about any of this, he told The Washington Post on Tuesday.
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