US Presidential Debate: Donald Trump Speaks Critically Of India's Air Quality, Calls It Filthy

This is not the first time US President Donald Trump spoke critically of India. In the first Presidential debate, Trump accused India of not showing real Covid numbers.

US President Donald Trump speaks during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

US Elections 2020: In a heated discussion on climate change in the final US Presidential debate, President Donald Trump described China and India's air 'filthy'. At their second and final presidential debate, Trump renewed his criticism that action on climate change was unfair to the United States. "Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia, look at India -- it's filthy. The air is filthy," said Trump Also Read|US Presidential Debate: Donald Trump Says Covid Vaccine To Be Rolled Out Within Weeks, Joe Biden Claims To End Coronavirus

Trump charged that Biden's climate plan was an "economic disaster" for oil states such as Texas and Oklahoma.

Biden attacked Trump on ways to handle climate change

Joe Biden said that climate change is "an existential threat to humanity. We have a moral obligation to deal with it."

"We're going to pass the point of no return within the next eight to 10 years," he said.

The planet has already warmed by around one degree Celsius (34 degrees Fahrenheit) from pre-industrial levels, enough to boost the intensity of deadly heatwaves, droughts, and tropical storms.

Joe Biden's response was an attack on Donald Trump as he had pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, which aims to cap global warming "well below" two degrees Celsius.

Trump's remarks come days before Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper visit New Delhi for talks on building the growing US-India partnership.

At the first presidential debate, Trump also spoke critically of India, questioning its coronavirus data amid criticism of Trump's handling of the pandemic.