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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Robert Gorgonio

Donald Trump Water Throwing Incident: POTUS Throws Glass of Water on Floor While Criticising Climate Change

Donald Trump dumped a glass of water during a Denton speech while attacking fuel-saving rules and calling climate change a ‘scam’ (Credit: By Michael Vadon/wikimedia commons)

President Donald Trump poured a glass of water onto the floor during a speech at the Peterbilt Motors plant in Denton, Texas, using the gesture to criticise Biden-era vehicle emissions standards and call climate change a 'scam'.

The move, on Thursday, 1 October, was framed as a demonstration of the amount of fuel he said would be saved under stricter rules, which he argued would come at excessive cost to manufacturers and consumers.

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