Donald Trump's climate policies will be his worst legacy says Medal of Honor recipient: 'His environmental policies are terrible'

Two-time Senator Bob Kerrey says Trump's anti-environmentalism is a defining trait of the president.

of environmental regulations. The president campaigned on an avowedly pro-fossil fuel, pro-business stance, and has consistently been skeptical towards the concept of human-driven global warming and its impacts.that had committed the U.S.—along with 195 other countries—to limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

For this reason and others, Kerrey told Franken he wanted Trump out of the White House come 2020."The swamp's gotten bigger under him than it was before," he suggested."I don't want him to have four more years." Though Kerrey accepted it was difficult for Republicans politicians to stand up to a Republican president—noting his own past clashes with President Bill Clinton—he argued that complicit senators have"lowered the standard for behavior, they've lowered the standard for telling the truth."

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