[DeepSeaTortoise]

Exactly, this was the whole point of Trump calling climate change a hoax to benefit China, but somehow this got twisted by the media into not denying climate change being an anti-Trump position.

The base then started demanding this from their reps and Trump almost picked up on this himself. It took years to undo that damage and even now we're barely back at a pro-clean air, pro-solar and pro nuclear position...

[lukas099]

This is why politicians are usually expected to choose their words carefully. Most of them know that what they say matters and has effects on the real world.