NEW YORK — Energy Secretary Chris Wright lauded President Donald Trump as a climate champion Wednesday on the heels of the president’s comments to world leaders that global warming is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.”
Speaking at a climate event hosted by The New York Times, Wright told the crowd, “I’m going to suggest you might, five years from now, give President Trump the hero of the climate award, because in the Trump administration, you will see more downward movement in greenhouse gas emissions globally and in the United States than any other leader in history.”
Wright’s comments followed Trump’s speech to the United Nations in New York on Tuesday where the president told global leaders that the “‘carbon footprint’ is a hoax made up by people with evil intentions, and they’re heading down a path of total destruction.”
If it’s “about lowering greenhouse gas emissions, Trump is your man,” Wright said Wednesday, saying the growth of natural gas and nuclear energy would lead to decarbonization.
