Donald Trump speaks as he participates in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections with President Joe Biden at CNN's studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024.Asked during the first 2024 presidential debate if he would take any action as president to slow the climate crisis, Trump first spoke about how police groups are supporting his campaign. Next, heCNN gave Trump another opportunity to name any action he would take as president to slow the climate crisis.
“So I want absolutely immaculate clean water, and I want absolutely clean air,” Trump responded. “And we had it. We had H2O, we had the best numbers ever. And we did. We were using all forms of energy, all forms — everything. And yet, during my four years, I had the best environmental numbers ever — and my top environmental people gave me that statistic just before I walked on the stage. Actually, that is true.
Fossil fuel cash has been pouring into Trump’s super PAC, Make America Great Again Inc. Last month, Energy Transfer CEO Kelcy Warren donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., and the oil and gas company Continental Resources, Inc. donated $1 million to the super PAC in April.