Trump Aims to End Climate Change Obsession

By
Richard C. Young
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President Donald Trump greets Team U.S. players Bryson DeChambeau and Ben Griffin and waves to the crowds gathered at the first hole of the Ryder Cup Tournament at Bethpage Black Course, Friday, September 26, 2025, in Farmingdale, New York. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

President Donald Trump is attempting to end the world’s obsession with climate change. Christina Lu reports in Foreign Policy:

If U.S. President Donald Trump has it his way, the United States won’t be alone in its campaign to unleash more fossil fuels and abandon key environmental regulations.

The Trump administration has for months championed the U.S. fossil fuel industry, crushed federal climate research efforts, dismantled regulations aimed at curbing pollution, and dismissed the scientific consensus on climate change.

But it’s also now taking its crusade abroad with a flurry of moves aimed at turning up the pressure on international organizations and other countries to follow in its footsteps.

Climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” Trump declared to an audience of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday. “If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail.”

By embracing fossil fuels, the leader is boosting an industry that has long helped power the U.S. economy. The United States is the world’s biggest oil producer and natural gas exporter, and the Trump administration has prioritized pumping up domestic oil and gas production in its bid to achieve what it has called U.S. “energy dominance.” Stoking global demand for fossil fuels is a part of that plan.

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