Trump accuses China, India and Russia of not taking care of their 'filthy air'

US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China, India and Russia of t taking care of ir “filthy air” as he justified America's withdrawal from landmark Paris climate agreement.

"Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India. air is filthy," Trump said during final presidential debate with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in Nashville, Tennessee.

"I walked out of Paris Accord as we had to take out trillions of dollars and we were treated very unfairly," he said in response to a question on climate change.

Trump has repeatedly blamed countries like India and China for t doing eugh on climate change, labelling m as regions with air that is impossible to brea.

In 2017, Trump pulled US out of 2015 Paris climate agreement, saying international deal to keep global temperatures rises below 2 degree Celsius was disadvantous to US workers.

He has continuously argued that countries like China and India are benefiting most from Paris agreement.

Speaking to his cheering supporters at an elections rally in key battleground State of rth Carolina last week, Trump had blamed countries like China, Russia and India for adding to global air pollution.

"We have best environmental numbers, ozone numbers, and so many or numbers. In meantime, China, Russia, India all se countries y're spewing stuff into air,” he alleged during rally.

China is world's biggest carbon emitter followed by US, India and EU. PTI ZH AKJ ZH ZH