Quotes by Donald Trump on Water Pollution
THEN
NOW
2015 - 2016
2017
#DonaldTrump 12/2/15: "I want clean, crystal water." » #Trump 2/28/17: "❲The Waters of the United States is❳ a horrible, horrible rule." Click To Tweet
Quotes by Donald Trump on Water Pollution
THEN
2015 - 2016
“I want really immaculate air. I want clean, crystal water.”
- Dec 3, 2015
- Dec 3, 2015
Factbase, Dec 3, 2015
Speech: Donald Trump in Washington, DC - December 3, 2015
(retrieved 9/18/19)
“You know my environmental standard is very simple and I’ve said it to everybody: I want clean air and I want clean water. That’s what I want. Clean air, clean water. Very, very simple.”
- May 27, 2016
- May 27, 2016
Campaign rally, Fresno, CA
Huffington Post, May 28, 2016
Donald Trump: “There is No Drought” and Other California Water Inanities(retrieved 9/12/19)
starts at 23:40
“I want clean air and I want clean water and if you look at what’s going on in China and all these other countries that talk but they laugh behind our back at what we are doing. We want clean air, we want clean water, I’ve got many environmental awards, believe me. I know what I’m talking about. But we’ve got to have crystal clear water and crystal clean air.”
- July 26, 2016
- July 26, 2016
Fox News (via Grist), July 27, 2016
Bill O’Reilly and Donald Trump chat about the end of the world
(retrieved 9/12/19)
“I will tell you this: Clean air is vitally important. Clean water, crystal clean water is vitally important. Safety is vitally important.”
- Nov 22, 2016
- Nov 22, 2016
New York Times, Nov 23, 2016
Donald Trump’s New York Times Interview: Full Transcript
(retrieved 9/12/19)
NOW
2017
“[The Waters of the United States rule is] a horrible, horrible rule. It has sort of a nice name, but everything else is bad… With today’s executive order I’m directing the EPA to take action, paving the way for the elimination of this very destructive and horrible rule.”
Feb 28, 2017 -
Feb 28, 2017 -
Los Angeles Times, Feb 28, 2017
Trump directs EPA to begin dismantling clean water rule
(retrieved 9/12/19)
starts at !:48
#DonaldTrump 11/22/16: "Crystal clean water is vitally important." » #Trump 2/28/17: "❲The Waters of the United States is❳ a horrible, horrible rule." Click To Tweet
LATER
- Oct 17, 2018
2018
“Remember this. I’m an environmentalist. I want crystal clean water. I want crystal clean air.”
- Sept 20, 2018
“I want absolutely crystal clear water and I want the cleanest air… I mean, you know, I am a person that believes very, very strongly in the environment. I am truly an environmentalist. I know some people might not think of me as that, but I’m an environmentalist. Everything I want and everything I have is clean. Clean is very important — water, air.”- Sept 20, 2018
Factbase, Sept 20, 2018
Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Las Vegas, Nevada - September 20, 2018
(retrieved 9/12/19)
- Oct 17, 2018
Associated Press, Oct 18, 2018
Read the transcript of AP’s interview with President Trump
(retrieved 10/21/18)