A White House staffer fed the president an old hoax, and he fell for it

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By Nathalie BaptisteMay 15, 2017, 2:08 pm133 pts
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Donald Trump has been a climate change denier for years, alleging that global warming is a Chinese invention and declaring that cold winter days prove that it’s a hoax. Perhaps not…

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