‘What’s next? Climate science is a hoax?’: Emails show the fallout from Trump’s Dorian tweet and ‘Sharpiegate’

But Trump remained adamant, and NOAA came to his defense with the unsigned statement, which claimed some data provided to the president had indicated that Alabama could be hit by the hurricane and scolded the Birmingham office. The statement was issued after the White House and Commerce Department intervened, the AP and others reported at the time.