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  1. WELL, CLIMATE CHANGE IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE. I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE IN MANY WAYS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST. WHEN I BUILT BUILDINGS I DID THE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. I KNOW THE GAME BETTER THAN ANYBODY. I USED TO GO AND SEE MY CONSULTANTS THAT I WAS PAYING A LOT OF MONEY, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS. THEY WOULD BE UP IN ALBANY. I SAID, WHAT ARE THEY DOING UP THERE? THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT SO WE WOULD HIRE THEM AND PAY THEM MORE MONEY. I KNOW WHAT IT IS. TO ME IT'S CLEAN AIR AND CRYSTAL CLEAN, CLEAR WATER, AND WE HAVE NOW THE CLEANEST AIR WE EVER HAD IN OUR COUNTRY. MEANING, OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS. I GUESS, 200 YEARS AGO IT WAS CLEANER BUT THERE WAS NOTHING AROUND, RIGHT? I AM NOT SURE THERE WAS MUCH CLEANER. I WANT CLEAN AIR. I WANT CLEAN WATER. ENVIRONMENTALLY. WE DISCUSSED THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD. THAT WILL JUST PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS. WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ALL OVER. WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT ARE UNNECESSARY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHE. I WANT -- I'M VERY MUCH INTO CLIMATE, BUT I WANT THE CLEANEST AIR ON THE PLANET AND I WANT TO HAVE -- I HAVE TO HAVE CLEANER WATER. YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ASK THE QUESTION, YOUR PART OF THE QUESTION ABOUT CLIMATE, I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM. WE HAVE A RELATIVELY SMALL PIECE OF LAND, THE UNITED STATES. AND YOU COMPARE THAT TO SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA, LIKE INDIA, LIKE RUSSIA, LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ABSOLUTELY ARE DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO CLEANUP THEIR SMOKE STACKS AND CLEANUP ALL OF THEIR PLANTS AND ALL OF THE GARBAGE THAT THEY'RE DROPPING IN THE SEA AND THAT FLOATS INTO LOS ANGELES, ALONG WITH OTHER PROBLEMS THAT LOS ANGELES HAS, BY THE WAY. AMAZING IT ENDS UP IN LOS ANGELES. [LAUGHTER]
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