Donald Trump tweets '8 FACTS' about climate change after holding up a FAKE hurricane map
President Donald injected himself into a seven-hour town hall program Wednesday on global warming by tweeting out a list of 'FACTS' on the subject hours after brandishing an altered hurricane map in the Oval Office. On a day when Trump demonstrated that he was still monitoring Hurricane Dorian by holding a televised Oval Office briefing, the president joined the debate as CNN began its lengthy series of interviews with Democratic candidates about . '8 FACTS that #FakeNewsCNN will ignore in tonights Climate Forum, Trump said, going after the network he regularly attacks, but initially sparing the Democratic contenders. The dig came hours after Trump held up what appeared to be an altered The addition resembled writing by a Sharpie pen, and made it appear that the storm was headed for Alabama. Trump had taken heat on Sunday for claiming inaccurately that Alabama was in the path of the monster storm. The latest forecasts at the time showed it moving up Florida's East Coast. A black Sharpie pen with his gold signature on it was spotted on the Resolute desk during the briefing adding mystery to who might have done the alteration. Trump said later Wednesday it hadn't been him. 'I don't know. I don't know, I don't know,' he told a reporter on Wednesday afternoon at a separate White House engagement as 'sharpie' trended on Twitter. Trump's facts touted the health of the U.S. environment and highlighted massive carbon emissions by China, which has overtaken the U.S. as the top annual polluter. '1. Which country has the largest carbon emission reduction? AMERICA! 2. Who has dumped the most carbon into the air? CHINA! 3. 91% of the worlds population are exposed to air pollution above the World Health Organizations suggested level. NONE ARE IN THE U.S.A.!' Trump wrote. The U.S. is still considered the top cumulative carbon producer due to decades of manufacturing prowess and consumption. '4. The U.S. now leads the world in energy production... BUT... 5. Who's got the world's cleanest and safest air and water? AMERICA!' Trump wrote. '6. The Democrats destructive environmental proposals will raise your energy bill and prices at the pump. Don't the Democrats care about fighting American poverty?' he continued. 7. The badly flawed Paris Climate Agreement protects the polluters, hurts Americans, and cost a fortune. NOT ON MY WATCH! 8. I want crystal clean water and the cleanest and the purest air on the planet weve now got that!' According to , which drew on academic research in 2018, the U.S. ranks 10th in air pollution and 29th in water and sanitation.