Donald Trump and his top lieutenants believe there is no such thing as climate change. Donald Trump and his top lieutenants are worried sick about how the melting of the Arctic polar ice cap is opening a new Northwest Passage, which is a developing national-security threat.
One of the more perplexing riddles of the age: How can there be an emerging sea route through the Arctic that poses a defense threat to the United States if there is no Arctic melting that creates a fresh sea route?
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