President Trump derided the United Nations for raising awareness of climate change, calling it the "greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" in remarks at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

Why it matters: While many of the U.S.'s allies have pledged to combat the trend of global warming, Trump mocked their investments in green energy and commitment to sustainability in a tirade minimizing its risks.

What he's saying: "I'm telling you that if you don't get away from the green energy scam, your country is going to fail," Trump told the room full of world leaders. • "All of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong. They were made by stupid people," he said. • "The carbon footprint is a hoax made up by people with evil inten

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