WASHINGTON — President Trump now denies denying climate change. In an interview on Sunday with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Mr. Trump backed off his long-held claim that global warming is a hoax. But he also made several new assertions unsupported by science.

Here’s a rundown of the president’s first extensive comments on climate change since Hurricane Michael ripped through the Florida Panhandle and the United Nations warned that time is running out to stave off the worst consequences of rising temperatures.

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WHAT MR. TRUMP SAID

“I think something’s happening. Something’s changing and it will change back again.”

Mr. Trump, who has previously speculated about global cooling, went on to tell his interviewer, Lesley Stahl, “I’m not denying climate change, but it…