Former President Donald Trump criticized U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry during a town hall in Davenport, Iowa on Dec. 5 and called for increased energy independence in the United States.

The frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination accused Mr. Kerry—a former senator and secretary of state—of "destroying" the United States with his various climate policies and noted how competitor China continues to increase its construction of new coal power plants.

"I see John Kerry all over the place talking about [how] we have to get rid of our coal plants," President Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity at the town hall. "And yet China is building one coal plant a week, massive coal plants, and they're doing it just automatically."

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