Former Vice President Al Gore accused President Donald Trump in a new interview of launching a “jihad” against the renewable energy transition.

In an interview with Axios, Gore said Trump was more “loaded for bear this time around” in his opposition to clean energy compared to his first presidential term.

He added that outside forces pushing back against Trump have also grown stronger, particularly outside the U.S.

“If you look at it on a global basis, we get a distortion field here in the U.S. now with Trump’s jihad against the sustainability transition,” Gore said.

It’s unclear when Gore made the remarks, but Axios published the comments on Wednesday.

Gore’s published use of the word “jihad” comes after Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinate

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