Contrasting political climate change views from @nytimes

The video presents two contrasting segments from a New York Times climate event. First, an interviewer quotes President Trump's skeptical views on climate change to California Governor Gavin Newsom, who reacts by calling the comments an 'abomination' and a 'fraud.' The video then cuts to a separate interview with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who defends the Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and suggests Trump might be seen as a 'hero of the climate' in the future.

Creator: @nytimes on Instagram

Transcript

Hello? Hello? They don't give you a break between speakers? No breaks. No breaks. It's interviews. He called climate change the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the worse, and he said that the scientific consensus on global warming was created by stupid people. What's your reaction to that? I I no Chris is coming up best, and he's well, he's gotta defend himself, not just Trump. What an abomination. What an embarrassment. What a fraud. You no, and I say that as a guy that, lives in one of th

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