CLIMATE CHANGE/NATURAL DISASTERS: “So we talk about forest management. And I’ve been talking about it for a long time — that they have to do that. You go to other countries, and they don’t have this problem, and they have more explosive trees — meaning they catch fire much easier. So we have to talk about that, in addition to other things.”
[Reporter: “Mr. President, what role do you think climate change plays in the fires we’re seeing here?”]
“Well, I think this is more of a management situation… So I view that as — number one, that’s something we can do something about quickly.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump After Air Force One Arrival | McClellan Park, CA,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 14, 2020