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Trump: China 'laughing' at us over climate talks

By Nick Gass

Donald Trump would not have gone to the climate talks in Paris like President Barack Obama did, the Republican candidate declared Wednesday, tearing into U.S. leadership for being a laughingstock when it comes to cutting deals that benefit the country.

"I would have maybe sent a vice president, but that might be a too high a position, OK?" he told the co-hosts of "Fox and Friends" in a telephone interview.

Trump paid particular attention to environmental negotiations with China, which he said is "laughing at us because China doesn’t obey any of these rules."

"And China’s going to sit down, agree to something where they don’t have to do anything, we have to do everything, and in 30 years, China will kick in maybe. But they’re not obeying any of the rules. They’re building coal plants all over China, which is fine, you’re assuming it's clean coal. They’re buying our coal," he continued. "We’re not allowed to use coal anymore, essentially. We’re not allowed to use coal anymore. China doesn’t obey by the rules."

He then quickly pivoted to the nuclear deal with Iran, remarking that the country did not live up to its obligations either.

"Iran doesn’t obey by the rules. Iran has already broken our agreement with them, and the ink isn’t even dry. It’s a horrible situation," he said, adding that "there is no respect for our leader."

"They think he is a total—I will not say it because it will be all over the world, OK—but they think our leader is not a competent person," he concluded.