Anybody running for the presidency or other federal office "better darn well" have a plan to deal with climate change, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who remains noncommittal about his plans for a campaign, tells NBC News' Chuck Todd in an interview airing Sunday.
"The presidency is not an entry level job," Bloomberg said in the interview, produced for NBC's "Meet the Press."
"We have some real problems. If you don't come in with some real concrete answers, I think the public is tired of listening to the same platitudes that they get. We're in favor of God, Mother and apple pie. And trust me, I'll have a plan when I get there."
Todd had asked Bloomberg if he agreed with those who say all proposals in Washington must be made through the lens of dealing with climate change.
“I think that any candidate for federal office better darn well have a plan to deal with the problem that the Trump science advisors say could basically end this world," said Bloomberg.
On Thanksgiving weekend, Trump rejected the conclusions contained in a dire report from his own administration about the economic costs of climate change, and which warned that natural disasters are becoming worse in the United States about global warming.
"I can tell you one thing, I don't know whether I'm going to run or not, but I will be out there demanding that anybody that's running has a plan," Bloomberg told Todd. "I want to hear the plan, and I want everybody to look at it and say whether it's doable.”
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