Former President Donald Trump said that global warming is "a good thing" because it will give Michigan residents more seafront property. Speaking during a Flint, Michigan town hall on Tuesday, "Nuclear power — when I hear these people talking about global warming — that's the global warming that people have to worry about.

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Former President Donald Trump was viciously mocked on social media after claiming global warming is "a good thing" because it could give Michigan residents some seafront property. During a Flint, Michigan,

At a Tuesday night campaign rally in Michigan, Donald Trump briefly strayed from a point about international affairs to make an absurd remark about climate change. Claiming that nuclear proliferation is the true “global warming” (even as the former president has faced criticism for accelerating the nuclear arms race),