Arnold Schwarzenegger has pushed back against remarks made by Donald Trump, in which he called climate change a “con job,” saying that it should not put people off trying to make a difference.
The former bodybuilder, actor and Governor of California said those who believed climate activism was pointless without U.S. involvement were talking “nonsense.”
It comes after Trump addressed the United Nations Assembly General Tuesday, delivering remarks in which he decried climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” and insisting countries step away from the “green scam.”
Speaking to CNN Wednesday alongside former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Schwarzenegger said the opinions of the president should not affect the beliefs of others.
“The bottom line is that he just never believed in [climate change],” he said. “And to me, I said to myself, ‘okay, then I cannot really go and be on his team.’
“Because I’m a big believer that we have to do something about reducing pollution, and we have to do something about having people die – 7 million people a year die – and so I felt very strongly about the way I was thinking.”
“Because so many people say, ‘oh my God, if America doesn’t move forward, then does it make any sense to move forward at all?’ It’s nonsense,” he added, highlighting that all U.S. states have their own laws and climate policy.
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LA Times 2008: “Like many of the Californians he represents, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now spends more than three hours commuting because he lives so far from the office. But his ride is a private jet.”
