Gay Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently issued a rambling and scientifically incoherent response when asked about melting ice caps and climate change on Tuesday during his discussion with the Institute of International Finance.

“Yes, the climate does change,” he said. “As we all know, the natural habitat for the Earth is actually water. Ice was probably—it’s a very long cycle—but ice was an unusual cycle, and we are going through cycles and, I-I believe that it is very difficult to deconstruct the reasons around why anything changes.”

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Despite his claim that it’s difficult to prove the factors causing climate change, the broad scientific consensus is that global warming is primarily caused by humans burning fossil fuels.

Also, while Earth is a water planet with a predominantly oceanic habitat, the ocean isn’t a human habitat because humans can’t naturally breathe underwater.

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As such, the gradual rising of ocean levels is expected to cause disruptive flooding in coastal cities, the displacement of millions of people living there, and over an estimated $1 trillion in annual damages to coastal cities by 2050, according to the MIT Climate Portal, an online resource with science-based information on climate change causes, consequences, and solutions.

Nonetheless, Bessent has attempted to get the World Bank to rescind its climate finance investment goals and continue spending on energy generated by gas, oil, and coal. His boss, President Donald Trump, has repeatedly called global warming a “hoax” and a “con job,” The New York Times noted.

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