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Trump plans on addressing climate concerns. He's already going to put RFK Jr in charge of health and he's going to ban vaccines. Reducing the population will help lower emissions.
This is generally not a great way to do it, since the emissions largely coming from fossil fuel burning. Fewer people doesn't help much if we burn even more.