Posted on 01/25/2026 6:50:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
President Trump cited a major winter storm forecast to impact about two-thirds of the United States as evidence to suggest that global warming does not exist, repeating a misleading claim that has been consistently debunked by climate experts.
In a Truth Social post on Friday, he said, "Record Cold Wave expected to hit 40 States. Rarely seen anything like it before. Could the Environmental Insurrectionists please explain — WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING???"
Climate scientists say Mr. Trump's statement conflates short-term weather trends with long-term climate changes.
The unusually cold air spilling into the United States is an example of weather, while climate is an average of temperatures across the world over time that shows warm areas outweighing cold ones, according to Dr. Steven Decker, director of Rutgers University's Meteorology Undergraduate Program.
Heavy ice accumulations are more likely to happen when there is a considerable amount of warm air next to cold Arctic air, Dr. Daniel L. Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California.
Mr. Trump has a history of repeating false claims about global warming, including in 2019 during a widespread snowstorm.
"Global warming continues and has in fact been progressing at an increased rate in recent years," Swain said.
Swain also pointed out that Mr. Trump's description of this weekend's winter storm forecast was not exactly correct.
"'Record cold wave' is an objectively inaccurate way to describe what is currently unfolding," Swain said.
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They should say “some” scientists.
I thought all these “experts” were busy with something new. Maybe Monkey Pox or some other hoax they dreamed up.
Never give up the con.
Prove it DNCBS! The biggest fraud in history.
Climate has been changing since the days of Fred Flintstone.
These “scientists” seem to think that is we spend enough money we can keep it in one spot.
You really don’t it that Climate is JUST WEATHER
How stupid do they think everyone is.
Just like the covid crap - ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS IS *NO* SYMPTOMS!!!!!
They are tripping over their 🍆s with this nonsense.
But leftists claim that last year's windstorm that fanned catastrophic brush fires in Southern California proves global warming, even though it was a short-term weather event.
Short term results are better than long term projections....
Let me see if I understand this...
Cold weather never disproves the theory.
However, every hot spell in summer does prove it.
Global warming “scientists!” ROTFL!!! Your donations are their wages.
Winter? What is Winter? Did we ever have Winter?
They must have awfully short legs then.
Snowstorms like this one is exactly why these “scientists” changed their stories from “global warming” to “global climate change”.
They had to change the lie to keep fooling the low IQ people that were starting to see through the whole climate doom and gloom fabrication.
Never give up the con
I think the less polluted air over the country is making some storms more violent and I should know I’m a retired stay at home husband. /s
Oh great, another legacy media piece citing scientists and experts. What a coincidence that the leftwing agenda = “ the science.”
The storm neither proves nor disproves climate change, any more than the wart on my right hand proves or disproves metastatic cancer (of which there is no actual evidence).
Liberal stupidity: “When the planet gets hot it gets cold!”
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