This time, there was no sniggering from smug German delegates as had occurred during a previous speech Trump gave at the UN in his first term. The Climate Con: A Multi-Trillion-Dollar MirageThe climate change narrative, as Trump articulated, is a house of cards built on shaky science, political opportunism and economic predation. Trump’s speech laid bare the economic toll of the climate con. Trump’s Energy Counter-RevolutionSince his inauguration in January 2025, Trump has unleashed what can only be described as an energy counter-revolution. President Trump’s UN speech was a watershed moment, a bold declaration that the era of climate alarmism’s unchallenged dominance is over.