"I'm Not Willing to Do That": Trump Says He Won't Take Climate Action Because It Would Threaten Corporate Profits
The U.S. president reportedly worked to weaken G20 commitment to fighting climate crisis during summit in Osaka, Japan
Trump told reporters during a press conference Saturday morning that he is not ignoring the threat of the climate crisis, but
he doesn't want to take action to confront the emergency because such a move would threaten corporate profits.
"So we have the best numbers that we've ever had recently," Trump said.
"I'm not looking to put our companies out of business."
"I'm not looking to create a standard that is so high that we're going to lose 20-25 percent of our production. I'm not willing to do that," Trump continued.
"We have the cleanest water we've ever had,![]()
we have the cleanest air
—you saw the reports come out recently. We have the cleanest air we've ever had.
But I'm not willing to sacrifice the tremendous power of what we've built up over a long period of time,
and what I've enhanced and revived."
"The U.S. ranks poorly on smog pollution,which kills 24,000 Americans per year," according to AP.
"On a scale from the cleanest to the dirtiest, the U.S. is at 123 out of 195 countries measured."
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