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SORRY, OBAMA: Trump Drops Climate Change As ‘National Security Threat’

Amanda Prestigiacomo

In an address to the American people on Monday, President Donald Trump outlined his administration’s new national security strategy, summed up as “America First.” Missing from the “National Security Strategy” document posted on WhiteHouse.gov and from Trump’s address was a classification of “climate change” as a national security threat, as the Obama Administration had, notably, done.

Moreover, President Trump made it clear that the country’s sovereignty and economic interests will come before adherence to international environmental regulations tied to climate change.

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