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Trump’s polar-vortex climate tweet handed critics a gift-wrapped punchline

As a brutal cold wave gripped the Midwest, Trump mocked climate change on Twitter and immediately turned a weather event into a science-education moment for his opponents. The misspelled “Global Waming” line made the whole thing easier to dunk on, but the bigger problem was the president again confusing short-term weather with long-term climate.

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First recorded Jan 28, 2019·Meaningfully updated Jan 28, 2019

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Trump’s polar-vortex climate tweet handed critics a gift-wrapped punchline

As a brutal cold wave gripped the Midwest, Trump mocked climate change on Twitter and immediately turned a weather event into a science-education moment for his opponents. The misspelled “Global Waming” line made the whole thing easier to dunk on, but the bigger problem was the president again confusing short-term weather with long-term climate.

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Trump’s polar-vortex climate tweet handed critics a gift-wrapped punchline

As a brutal cold wave gripped the Midwest, Trump mocked climate change on Twitter and immediately turned a weather event into a science-education moment for his opponents. The misspelled “Global Waming” line made the whole thing easier to dunk on, but the bigger problem was the president again confusing short-term weather with long-term climate.

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