Trump is attacking Democrats over climate policy, framing past warming predictions as a political scare tactic — bad news for climate spending and green energy programs.

• Trump tweeted that a top climate committee admitted its RCP 8.5 warming projections were too extreme.
• He accused Democrats of using climate fear for 15 years to justify energy policies and research funding.
• RCP 8.5 is a worst-case warming scenario that scientists have increasingly said is unrealistic.
• The framing sets up cuts to climate research budgets and rollbacks of green energy rules.

Outlook: Expect more White House moves to defund climate programs and unwind Biden-era energy regulations.