Bill Gates Confesses He Was ‘Completely Wrong’ on Climate Change, Trump Declares Victory [WATCH]

President Donald Trump declared victory Wednesday in what he called the “War on the Climate Change Hoax” after Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates publicly stated that climate change “will not lead to humanity’s demise.”

Posting on Truth Social, President Trump wrote, “I (WE!) just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax. Bill Gates has finally admitted that he was completely WRONG on the issue. It took courage to do so, and for that we are all grateful. MAGA!!!”

The president’s comments came after Gates published an open letter ahead of the upcoming United Nations COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil.

In the letter, Gates argued that while climate change remains an important global challenge, it is not an existential threat to humanity and should not overshadow urgent issues such as poverty and disease.

“Although climate change will hurt poor people more than anyone else, for the vast majority of them, it will not be the only or even the biggest threat to their lives and welfare,” Gates wrote.

“The biggest problems are poverty and disease, just as they always have been.”

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The 70-year-old billionaire philanthropist, who has invested heavily in clean energy and climate initiatives through his Breakthrough Energy venture, called for a shift in priorities toward improving global health and living standards.

He argued that efforts to reduce emissions should not come at the expense of other humanitarian causes.

“To be clear: Climate change is a very important problem. It needs to be solved, along with other problems like malaria and malnutrition,” Gates continued.

“Every tenth of a degree of heating that we prevent is hugely beneficial because a stable climate makes it easier to improve people’s lives.”

Gates noted that significant progress has already been made toward reducing emissions and improving environmental sustainability.

“People will be able to live and thrive in most places on Earth for the foreseeable future,” he wrote.

“Emissions projections have gone down, and with the right policies and investments, innovation will allow us to drive emissions down much further.”

He added that policymakers and global leaders should focus on reducing suffering rather than solely pursuing numerical temperature goals.

“Our chief goal should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world’s poorest countries,” Gates wrote.

In his remarks, Gates said that health and development funding should not be sacrificed for climate goals, emphasizing that measurable improvements in quality of life—such as eradicating diseases and providing access to basic healthcare—should be treated as equal priorities.

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According to the Financial Times, Gates later told reporters, “If you said to me, ‘Hey, what about 0.1 degrees versus malaria eradication?’ I’ll let the temperature go up 0.1 degrees to get rid of malaria. People don’t understand the suffering that exists today.”

The comments represent a notable shift from Gates’s earlier stance. In his 2021 book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, he warned of dire long-term consequences if global emissions were not drastically reduced.

Over the past two decades, Gates has spent billions of dollars on climate-related projects, including investments in more than 150 clean energy startups.

Gates launched Breakthrough Energy in 2015 to support clean technology innovation and later added a policy division in Washington to advocate for emissions reduction initiatives.

Earlier this year, the company announced significant cuts, including the elimination of its climate policy group, signaling a change in focus.

Despite his new emphasis on balancing priorities, Gates said that clean energy research and development would remain vital to global progress.

“Temperature is not the best way to measure our progress on climate,” he said.

Climate scientists and advocates have reacted sharply to Gates’s remarks. Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton University professor of geosciences and international affairs, told The New York Times that Gates’s framing was “a misleading narrative usually propagated by climate skeptics.”

“Despite his efforts to make clear that he takes climate change seriously, his words are bound to be misused by those who would like nothing more than to destroy efforts to deal with climate change,” Oppenheimer said.

Others disagreed. Johannes Ackva, who leads climate work at Founders Pledge, told the outlet that Gates’s perspective reflected a pragmatic shift.

“He saw the U.S.A.I.D. situation as more pressing, and something where he could be more effective,” Ackva said.

In his open letter, Gates wrote that COP30 provides an opportunity for world leaders to adopt a broader and more balanced view of global challenges.

“It’s not too late to adopt a different view and adjust our strategies for dealing with climate change,” Gates said.

“COP30 is an excellent place to begin, especially because the summit’s Brazilian leadership is putting climate adaption and human development high on the agenda.”

President Trump, who has long questioned the legitimacy of climate alarmism, celebrated Gates’s comments as validation of his position on environmental policy and international climate agreements.