The White House is organizing a new committee to examine whether climate change poses a threat to national security. Trump is considering naming Princeton University professor emeritus and White House science adviser William Happer to head the effort. Happer is a known climate change denier. He has falsely accused the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration of manipulating climate data and compared climate science to the Holocaust. This is Happer in a 2014 interview.

William Happer: “The demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler. Carbon dioxide is actually a benefit to the world, and so were the Jews.”

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