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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gino Spocchia

Trump news: President rejects climate change, saying ‘I don’t think science knows, actually’

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US president Donald Trump

Donald Trump gave a wild interview to Fox and Friends on Tuesday morning in which he claimed to have considered having Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad assassinated two years ago and accused Democratic rival Joe Biden of “taking something to give him clarity". 

The president also attacked reverred Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during the call with the network’s breakfast show, dismissing the former’s latest book on his chaotic presidency as “boring”.

Mr Trump further promised a coronavirus vaccine “in weeks" and again blamed the deadly California wildfires on Democratic leaders, poor forest management and “exploding trees” a day after visiting the embattled state.

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