He declared that climate change is "a Chinese invention" designed to reduce the competitiveness of American industry. Earlier this year he questioned where global warming had gone when the Midwest was hit by an unprecedented cold snap. He has always denied the influence of human activities on the Earth's climate. So has Donald Trump now changed his mind?

The Donald Trump interview on Good Morning Britain

The United States president is in England, where he met Prince Charles, who has been committed to environmentalism since the 1980s. "He is very much into climate crisis and I think that's good," Trump said in an interview on the television programme Good Morning Britain. "He wants to make sure future generations have a future, and I agree with him."

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Does the US President believe in climate change?

Trump says he discussed climate change with Prince Charles, who he believes is 'a very good person' who 'wants to have a world that's good for future generations'.

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"But do you personally believe in climate change?" the journalist, Piers Morgan, then asked him. The president did not give a clear answer: "I think weather patterns are changing. It used to be called global warming, now it's called extreme weather events. But we had the worst hurricanes forty years ago," he added, as if wishing to defend a position he may be beginning to abandon.

Perhaps the awareness of having remained among the few leaders to contest human responsibility for rising temperatures, the criticism he has received for his denialism, and the growing interest in environmental issues among voters — driven in part by the Fridays for Future movement inspired by Greta Thunberg — are leading Trump to waver on his slogans.