President Donald Trump has made a few worrying statements in a wide-ranging interview on CBS' 60 Minutes, in which he spoke about Russia, North Korea, Kavanaugh and climate change among other pertinent topics.
Journalist Lesley Stahl put the US President to work with her questions, and his answers left much to be desired.
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Here are some of them:
1. Climate change could "change back"
He said:
I think something's happening. Something's changing, and it'll change back again. I don't think it's a hoax, I think there's probably a difference. But I don't know that it's man-made. I will say this: I don't want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don't want to lose millions and millions of jobs. I don't want to be put at a disadvantage.
But it could very well go back. You know, we're talking about over a million...years. They say we had hurricanes that were far worse than what we just had with Michael.
Ok but what about science?
"You'd have to show me the scientists because they have a very big political agenda," he added.