President Donald Trump brushed off warnings about climate change Tuesday and said the real threat is 'nuclear heat' in a grave threat about Iran.
Trump made the comments in a rambling White House statement before signing executive orders meant to unleash coal power and wipe away regulations that limit it.
He began by dismissing scientific warnings about rising temperatures, melting glaciers, and rising sea levels, months after pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement.
'Because they gave us only a few years left on Earth, right?' Trump mocked, with hard hat-wearing coal workers as a backdrop.
'We were going to be gone, we're all going to be gone – the environment. No, what they have to worry about is the nuclear – nuclear heat. They don't have to worry about environmental heat. They have to worry about nuclear heat.'
'And if we're smart, we're working on that right now with others, having to do with Iran and some other countries,' Trump said.
That was the tip that he was referring to Iran and new talks to deal with its nuclear program. Trump has said those talks will be 'direct,' although Iran says they will be 'indirect.' Trump's reference to 'other countries' added more confusion.
'But that's the that's the heat you're gonna have to worry about. You don't have to worry about the air is getting warmer. The ocean will rise ... within the next 500 to 600 years, giving you a little bit more waterfront property. They say this is going to these guys can handle that. The nuclear we have a bigger problem with, right?' Trump said.
Trump's latest comments came a day after he sat down with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and told reporters Iran would not be allowed to get a nuclear weapon.
It was a statement that pleased Morton Klein of the Zionist Organization of America.
'You couldn’t have had more clarity on Trump saying we can never allow Iran to get nuclear weapons,' the conservative hawk told DailyMail.com. 'He's making it clear to them ... that we're not messing around. We are serious. We're not going to tolerate your continuing. Once they get nukes, it's a nightmare,' he said.
Trump's surprise comment about direct talks with Iran comes as the Pentagon has been brandishing American firepower by deploying B-2 bombers at a base in the Indian Ocean.
Satellite images have revealed the deployment of six nuclear-capable B-2 bombers on Diego Garcia, a British-owned naval base that has been critical during U.S. military campaigns.
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