Donald Trump dismisses climate ‘prophets of doom’ at Davos
Trump says ‘alarmists’ were wrong over the decades when predicting population crisis, mass starvation or the end of oil
21 January 2020 - 18:01
Davos — US President Donald Trump tore into environmental “prophets of doom” at the Davos forum on Tuesday, rejecting fiery warnings from teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg, and lauding the “unprecedented” US economy just hours ahead of his impeachment trial back home.
Thunberg was in the audience in the Swiss Alps to hear Trump's speech, delivered shortly before the US Senate was to open the next stage in his trial for abuse of power and obstruction...
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