Stephen Colbert absolutely roasts Trump's comments about climate change report

“Fine? If I had to define this report in one word it would not be fine. It would be a different word that begins with F.”
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Stephen Colbert absolutely roasts Trump's comments about climate change report
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Trump doesn't believe a damning climate change study produced by his own government, something that truly perplexed The Late Show host Stephen Colbert.

Aside from telling reporters he'd read "some" of the report, which warns that climate change will not only impact global health, but will cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually, Trump referred to it as "fine."

“Fine?” Colbert said. “If I had to describe this report in one word it would not be 'fine.' It would be a different word that begins with F.”

“As in if you don’t believe in climate change at this point you are fined in the head."

Colbert also gave the White House a serve for burying the report, releasing it the Friday after Thanksgiving.

"They actually hid it in a tupperware with the leftover green bean casserole — no one's opening that thing," he joked.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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