President William Ruto has strongly disagreed with former US President Donald Trump's assertions that climate change is a 'con job,' emphasizing the undeniable reality and urgency of climate action. Ruto also called for significant reforms within the United Nations.

• Trump, in a speech to the UN General Assembly, called climate change 'the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world' and criticized UN predictions as being made by 'stupid people.'
• President Ruto stated on France 24 that no one, 'however influential, powerful or great, can change the facts' about climate change, citing floods, wildfires, and droughts as undeniable realities.
• Ruto highlighted that African countries are now proposing concrete, investment-driven opportunities for climate action, shifting away from charity-based financing, and warned that without reform, the UN's 'own survival is at stake.'