Trump Backs White House Move to Retire Worst-Case Climate Report
Trump shares a report that the U.S. Global Change Research Program will retire the 2023 Fifth National Climate Assessment, which the White House says relied on implausible worst-case scenarios.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump promoted a report that the White House is retiring federal climate guidelines built on worst-case scenarios, shifting how agencies fund research, write regulations and plan infrastructure.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program will publish an amendment to the Fifth National Climate Assessment declaring the 2023 report retired, according to dailywire. That report shaped economic and regulatory rules, federal research and grant funding, and the budgeting of infrastructure, according to dailywire. “This all changed in April of this year when the climate community admitted that the high emission scenarios were no longer plausible, realistic futures,” Dr. Matthew Wielicki, the director of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, said in a phone interview according to dailywire.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “EXCLUSIVE: White House Ditches Outdated Climate Nightmares For Real-World Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-white-house-ditches-outdated-climate-nightmares-for-real-world-policy” on August 26, 2026 at 12:35 PM ET.
This is Trump’s 26th message released today, out of 31 total, and the last post came minutes earlier, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 2 of his 614 posts over the last 30 days classified as Climate posts.
Trump shared the article by mentioning the source (see dailywire). The amendment instructs agencies that any findings or projections based on worst-case scenarios should carry disclaimers noting how they originated, according to dailywire. The White House will also prohibit worst-case scenario projections from serving as the baseline prediction for funding, regulation or infrastructure decisions, according to dailywire.
President Donald J. Trump promoted a report at Washington D.C.
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The stakes reach local budgets and building codes. Planning for dramatic climate change can shape how local governments build power grids, enforce zoning and build sea walls, according to dailywire. Federal agencies have made policy and funding decisions based on the extreme models, a copy of the proposed amendment states according to dailywire.
Wielicki said the change returns the national climate assessment to plausible scenarios. “If your informed response is based on a scenario that’s no longer plausible, you don’t make good decisions,” he said according to dailywire. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had already reached a similar conclusion, so the move clarifies the assessment will rely on plausible scenarios going forward, according to dailywire.
The administration has reshaped federal climate policy before. Trump signed executive orders directing agencies to halt “Green New Deal” initiatives and rescinding a slate of Biden-era orders, moving the office toward supporting fossil fuels according to eenews.net. During his first term, Trump signed an executive order on energy independence asking the Environmental Protection Agency to review the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era rule to cut carbon pollution from power plants according to nbcnews.com. The Supreme Court had already put that plan on hold in February 2016 according to nbcnews.com.
Wielicki said the scientific community would not object, though he anticipates an activist core will be upset, according to dailywire. The amendment is set to publish Tuesday, according to dailywire.
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