Corbyn says he would confront Trump on climate change if he were Prime Minister
The Labour leader made the comments as Theresa May discussed trade deals with the US President at the G20 Summit in Hamburg.
Saturday 8 July 2017 17:02, UK
Jeremy Corbyn has said he would confront Donald Trump on climate change if he were Prime Minister.
The Labour leader made the comments as to discuss trade at the G20 summit in Hamburg.
Mrs May did not discuss the environment during her 50-minute G20 meeting with Mr Trump, according to 10 Downing Street, but said she was "dismayed" by America's withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement when speaking at a news conference afterwards.
Mr Corbyn said: "I would be very strongly challenging Donald Trump on his wish to walk away from the Paris climate change accords.
"I hope he will understand that unless all the nations of the world get together to reduce emissions and try to preserve and protect our planet then the next generation are going to have more climate disasters."
Mr Corbyn said that challenging the "economic orthodoxy" of austerity would also have been on the table if he had attended the gathering of world leaders.
Speaking at the G20 summit, Mr Trump told reporters he expects to reach a with the UK and praised the "special" relationship between the two countries.
My Corbyn's comments were made at the Durham Miners' Gala, which he described as "Europe's biggest demonstration of working class culture".