During an interview with Bloomberg Politics' Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, presidential candidate Donald Trump said, "For the most part, I am not a believer in [global warming]."
"I'm not a big believer in the whole global warming phenomena."
He continues, "Our country is cleaning up, and you look at China and other countries and they're not cleaning up. Why aren't they doing it?"
Trump has hit China hard recently, blaming it for a variety of things ranging from not doing its part to reduce emissions to stealing U.S. jobs - he has even claimed that global warming is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese:
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012
This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2014
He was first asked to comment on the recent news of the papal encyclical on global warming saying, "I have a lot of respect for him... But I think you want to listen to science."
Unfortunately for Trump, he hasn't listened to science in the past.
Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2014
No more massive injections. Tiny children are not horses—one vaccine at a time, over time.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2014
I am being proven right about massive vaccinations—the doctors lied. Save our children & their future.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2014
H/T The Mirror