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What Donald Trump said about the Chinese inventing the 'hoax' of climate change
politifact ^ | 1-24-2015 | Louis Jacobson

Posted on 01/25/2016 3:53:12 PM PST by Citizen Zed

The clearest example comes from a tweet sent by Trump on Nov. 6, 2012. "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive."

On Jan. 18, after Sanders had attacked Trump's climate change views in the Democratic debate, Trump told Fox & Friends, "Well, I think the climate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax. A lot of people are making a lot of money. I know much about climate change. I'd be -- received environmental awards. And I often joke that this is done for the benefit of China. Obviously, I joke. But this is done for the benefit of China, because China does not do anything to help climate change. They burn everything you could burn; they couldn't care less. They have very -- you know, their standards are nothing. But they -- in the meantime, they can undercut us on price. So it's very hard on our business."

So Trump has said his 2012 tweet was a joke. However, he has used the word "hoax" repeatedly in describing climate change, although he doesn't always fault China. (For the record, in 2014 we rated the claim that climate change is a "hoax" Pants on Fire.)

(Excerpt) Read more at politifact.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: climatechangefraud; globalwarminghoax; trumpcomment
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A good question for Megyn Kelly to ask Trump.
1 posted on 01/25/2016 3:53:12 PM PST by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

I though Al Gore started the scam.


2 posted on 01/25/2016 3:56:30 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Citizen Zed

It is a hoax. It doesn’t matter what else you parse out of Trump’s comments if he nails the hoax part correctly.


3 posted on 01/25/2016 3:57:46 PM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: Farmer Dean

The purpose of “Climate Change” was to gain power. The object of power is always power!!!


4 posted on 01/25/2016 3:58:15 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Farmer Dean

No, Al was to busy inventing the internet...


5 posted on 01/25/2016 3:58:35 PM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Don Corleone

The object of Climate Change was to create a “State of Fear”, much like communism and now terrorism.

The state of fear is all about control, control over us as a society.


6 posted on 01/25/2016 4:00:21 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Citizen Zed

Makes sense to me. I’d love for him to get the hoax public.


7 posted on 01/25/2016 4:00:41 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Citizen Zed

I don’t know if the Chinese started this rumor, it seems more likely it was the leftists in America.

But I am completely on Donald’s side on this.

100%.


8 posted on 01/25/2016 4:00:53 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network
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No, Al was to busy inventing the internet...

And serving as the inspiration for Erich Segal's Love Story.

9 posted on 01/25/2016 4:01:11 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (''Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small''~ Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: Citizen Zed
Climate change has been going on for 5 Billion years since earth was born!

What else explains regularly occurring Ice Ages every 12-20 thousand years followed by global warming? Even dinosaurs have experienced climate change and may have been the reason they perished. There were no human beings around then, much less burning fossil fuels.

But MAN MADE climate change is unproven, and chances are 99.99% it is completely bogus, designed to increase taxes on fuels.

10 posted on 01/25/2016 4:02:58 PM PST by entropy12 (I am voting for GOP nominee, to avoid 1/2 vote for Hillary. But Jeb & Kasich put me in a conundrum!)
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A) Trump didn't say China invented the hoax, he's just saying that it was created for their benefit.

B) It would be interesting to see how many politicians are being funded by the Chinese government.

11 posted on 01/25/2016 4:03:47 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Farmer Dean

Nope! Algore just jumped on the bandwagon, and made lots of political points on it, just as if he “invented” it!!!!

Gore gets rich on “climate change” lectures and policy-making, all the while burning tons of fossil fuel on his airplane trips and luxury hotel stays. Meanwhile, most of us get gradually squeezed by energy-use restrictions, job-loss, higher taxes, and other consequences of the “climate change” scam!!!!


12 posted on 01/25/2016 4:11:09 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Oh, bosh!!!!


13 posted on 01/25/2016 4:12:13 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Citizen Zed

Trump had a line of ties made in China. He derided China then too, even though he was making money off cheap Chinese labor.


14 posted on 01/25/2016 4:12:39 PM PST by Crucial (At the heart all leftidsts s the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Politifact is such garbage.

Always funny that the Left always talks about how awful conservatives cause pollution, but here in highly conservative Eastern TN we have very little pollution, while Communist Shanghai gets a pass from them (despite them not even being able to see the sky there).

It’s almost like global warming is a complete scam, and that the Chinese government should allow superior American products to be sold there so they don’t have to kill themselves with pollution. It’s almost like governments CAUSE pollution, and can never cure it. Hmm, the solution is so hard...


15 posted on 01/25/2016 4:13:14 PM PST by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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To: Citizen Zed

“The clearest example comes from a tweet sent by Trump on Nov. 6, 2012. “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.””

Well if China didn’t do it, it sure as hell worked out for them. CRIPPLE the US economy while still having the freedom to go FULL BORE in developing theirs.

And we ATE IT UP, hook, line and sinker.

Trump NAILED IT.


16 posted on 01/25/2016 4:13:20 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: LS

Makes sense to me. I’d love for him to get the hoax public.


Yup


17 posted on 01/25/2016 4:21:48 PM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Well, Maurice Strong was in exile in China. Funny that there’s not much reported about his death.


18 posted on 01/25/2016 4:24:09 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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And we ATE IT UP, hook, line and sinker

Whatcha mean "WE" pale face?

19 posted on 01/25/2016 4:40:52 PM PST by stormhill
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To: Citizen Zed

Climate Change is a hoax. China didn’t invent it.


20 posted on 01/25/2016 5:02:11 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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