India, Oct. 30 -- US President Donald Trump claimed victory Wednesday over what he called the "hoax" of climate change, after billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said a warming world would not end civilisation.

Posting on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said that Gates had "admitted that he was completely wrong" on the issue of climate change.

"I (WE!) just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax. Bill Gates has finally admitted that he was completely WRONG on the issue. It took courage to do so, and for that we are all grateful," Trump in a post.

Donald Trump and his allies have denied climate change, calling it a " liberal hoax". He has even reversed policies aimed at combating the crisis that were started by the previ...