President Donald Trump gestures with his hands as he addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
FACT CHECK: AP’s director of climate news breaks down Trump’s remarks at the UN on climate change
This week, addressing the United Nations, President Donald Trump made several false claims about climate change, including that it didn’t actually exist. He called it 鈥渢he greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world鈥 and urged world leaders to 鈥済et away from the green scam.鈥
President Donald Trump gestures with his hands as he addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
This week, addressing the United Nations, President Donald Trump made several false claims about climate change, including that it didn’t actually exist. He called it 鈥渢he greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world鈥 and urged world leaders to 鈥済et away from the green scam.鈥
It was a pointed and extraordinary takedown of the intensely researched issue, and he did it in front of scores of leaders 鈥 including some from nations whose very existence is threatened by the effects of global warming.
Among his remarks were several claims that are false or misleading. We enlisted director of climate news for The Associated Press, to go on camera and break it down. He stacks up Trump’s claims with well-established facts offered by scientists and years of research. Give it a watch.
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