When Donald Trump was asked about climate change in his meeting with theWashington Post this week, he first gave the standard Republican responses. He noted that he is not a “great believer” in man-made climate change and that the weather is constantly changing.
But when asked whether he, as a businessman, would not support taking steps to hedge against such a potential risk, Trump said something truly interesting:
“Well I just think we have much bigger risks. I mean I think we have militarily tremendous risks.”
Why is his answer so interesting? Because, unwittingly, Trump exposed a major flaw in the GOP’s position that climate change either doesn’t exist or is not a big problem anyway.
What Trump seems unaware of is that the military, generally praised by Republicans, has concluded that climate change is very real indeed and a tremendous risk to American security.