>>New Zealand will be impacted by the USA's inaction though.

Just a reminder that under the Paris Accord the US emission reductions amounted to 14 days of Chinese burn. While the US had to eradicate coal, India proposed doubling its coal production and not just China but Europe could build new coal burning plants. Trump's view was that the US was going to smash its cmpetitiveness in favor of economic competitors who do most of the polluting but don't propose reducing theirs at all.

Meanwhile the US currently leads the world in CO2 emission reductions.

>>..and blah blah blah blah -- no comment on Trump being a racist or Trump being a climate change denier. Want to stipulate to that those facts?

You say it's a fact that Trump is a racist? Give me an undoctored video clip or some other reference apart from a MSM hit, that doesn't need jargon gymnastics to interpret as racist.

Let me guess- shithole countries?

Assuming Durbin told the truth... I can see why you'd call those words "crass" or "unbecoming" ... but racist?

As for climate change denier- I recommend you check out what he actually said at the Rose Garden when he pulled out of the Paris Accord. For the rest: lets not be part of the angry brigade that treats every Trump taunt or troll as a serious statement. Example:

In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!

The "not other countries" isn't strictly true- but it's meant to be a jibe, not a statement of position. Read his Rose Garden speech about the Paris Accord, and you'll "get" the gist.