Donald Trump Thinks Global Warming Is "bullshit"

Rebecca Leber and Clayton Aldern, Mother Jones
Wed, 05/04/2016 - 7:05am

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sen. Ted Cruz dropped out of the presidential race on Tuesday, making it almost certain that Donald Trump will win the GOP nomination and face Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders in November. For those who've been in denial that this day could ever come, we figured a refresher course on the real estate developer's musings about climate and energy might be in order. On the basic science: "I am not a great believer in man-made climate change," Trump told the Washington Post editorial board in March.

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