Uses cold weather to deny climate change

Trump tweeted "Wow, record setting cold temperatures throughout large parts of the country. Must be global warming, I mean climate change!" This tweet demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding of climate science by conflating short-term weather patterns with long-term climate trends. The sarcastic "I mean climate change!" mocked the scientific terminology while spreading climate change denial. This became a recurring pattern where Trump would cite cold weather as supposed disproof of global warming.

"Must be global warming, I mean climate change!" — Twitter, December 4, 2013