India, China to Blame for Climate Change, US Among Cleanest: Trump

On the last day of the three-day visit to the UK, Donald Trump once again blamed India, China for climate change.

US President Donald Trump

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On the last day of the three-day visit to the United Kingdom, US President Donald Trump, in reference to his conversation with Prince Charles, mentioned that India and China are among the various nations that don't have “very good air.”

In an interview with UK’s television show Good Morning Britain that is aired on ITV, he said, “China, India, Russia, many other nations, they have not very good air, not very good water, and the sense of pollution. If you go to certain cities … you can’t even breathe, and now that air is going up … They don’t do the responsibility.”

Further, he claimed that the United States has one of the cleanest climates.

“I did say, ‘Well, the United States right now has among the cleanest climates there are based on all statistics.’ And it’s even getting better because I agree with that we want the best water, the cleanest water.”

US President Donald Trump

Trump’s remarks come after talks about the issues related to climate change with the outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May during his three-day visit.

Trump also had an extensive conversation with Prince Charles on the issue of climate change. “We were going to have a 15-minute chat. And it turned out to be an hour and a half. And he did most of the talking. He is really into climate change, and I think that’s great, I mean I want that, I like that,” reported ITV.

The US president expressed that he was ‘moved’ by Prince Charles’ keen interest in environment related issues.“I’ll tell you what moved me is his passion for future generations, he’s really not doing this for him,” he added.

In a letter signed by 250 academics, experts had urged May to talk to Trump about the issue of climate change. The letter read that Trump’s refusal to handle global warming is “increasing risks for lives and livelihoods” around the world, reported Hindustan Times.

Earlier, Trump had stated India and China were the reason for him to withdraw the US from Paris climate deal in 2017. He said that the “unfair” accord would have forced “draconian financial and economic burdens” on the US, as Washington would have had to pay for countries which benefited the most from the deal.