Overview

• Speaking in New York, the president dismissed the carbon‑footprint concept as a fraud and said past climate predictions were wrong.
• He asserted there had been periods of cooling and derided forecasters as idiots during the hour‑plus address.
• He criticized green energy, calling wind turbines ruinous and claiming they destroy arable land.
• Coverage cited UN figures confirming 2024 as the warmest year and Copernicus estimates of roughly 1.4°C warming since pre‑industrial times.
• The White House said he will hold bilaterals with Volodymyr Zelensky and Javier Milei and convene a meeting with leaders from several Muslim‑majority countries, as Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke just before him against a backdrop of strained ties.