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That. i have done more environmental impact statements probably than anybody that is -- i can say definitely because i have done many, many, many of them. i think i know more about the environment than most people. >> okay. doing a lot of environmental impact statements doesnt actually make you an environmentalist. president trump referring to himself as a environmentalist. for fact sake thats not really the case. the presidents comments came hours after he decided to skip out on the summits cli...

>> two district courts have cases brought against donald trump to pivot exactly this type of thing. those cases were later dismissed because the plaintiffs were ruled not to have standing but the interpretation of the clause stands this would be illegal if he takes any money for hotel rooms, food, beverages, golfing or anything else, it would be a clear violation of the united states constitution. second, hes using his presidency to promote his own business. thats a conflict of interest entirely...

Impact statements probably than anybody thats i guess i can say definitely because ive done many, many, many of them. more than anybody thats been president or vice president or anything even close to president. and i think i know more about the environment than most people. >> josh dossy is all of us. the president says hes an environmentalist. in fact, he has been claiming for years that hes won awards as an environmentalist. >> ive won many environmental awards, by the way. ive actually been ...

>> lets remember, the noise does not cause cancer. the american cancer society says so. but the president had more to say. listen to this. >> and im an environmentalist. people dont understand that. i have done more environmental impact statements, probably, than anybody, i guess i can say definitely. ive done many, many of them. more than anybody that has ever been president or vice president or anything even close to president. and i think i know more about the environment than most people. >>...

More about it than him. >> im an environmentalist. i have done more environmental impact statements probably than anybody thats i guess, i can say definitely because ive done many, many, many of them. more than anybody thats been president or vice president or anything even close to president. and i think i know more about the environment than most people. >> keeping them honest, filing environmental impact statements does not make you an expert on the environment, it makes you a potential pollu...

For his environmental record -- from his environmental record to what he said about the first lady, the president made a whole lot of misleading and outright false claims in just the past few days. joining me now is cnns resident fact checker, fact checker extraordinaire as i said earlier, daniel dale. daniel, hello. first, the president claims about his environmental record. lets listen to that first. >> and im an environmentalist. a lot of people dont understand that. i have done more environm...

Bing. thats the end of that windmill, if the birds dont kill it first. >> the environmentalist, we like the windmills. what about the birds theyre killing? its like a killing field of birds. if you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75% in value. when the went doesnt blow, they tend not to do too well. >> if it doesnt blow, you can forget about television that night. >> darling, is the wind blowing today? id like to watch television, darling. >> ...

To roll back or eliminate environmental regulations. "the new york times" did a piece a couple of months ago where they listed 83 separate regulations the administration was trying to rescind. thats everything from mining debris in waterways to emissions in the air. the claim that doing environmental impact statements makes you an environmentalist is laughable, don. those are the statements you have to do when youre a developer proposing a project that might adversely affect the environment. the...

>> ive won many environmental awards, by the way. ive actually been called an environmentalist, if you can believe that. >> if you can believe that. maybe you shouldnt believe that. "the new york times" is reporting that more than 80 environmental regulations are being rolled back under this president. and as far as his claim about environmental impact statements, our own fact checker extraordinaire daniel dale, who will be here in just a few minutes, points out that you do environmental impact ...

Change. >> i am an environmentalist, a lot of people dont understand that. i have done more environmental impact staples probably anybody, i can say definitely. i have done many, many of them. more than anybody ever been president or vice president or anything close to president. i think i know more about the environment than most people. >> it makes you a potential polluter who has to show authorities how you plan to build something without hurting the environment. something like a golf course ...