Jeb Bush says if he were in the Oval Office right now he just might have skipped the United Nations climate talks currently taking place in Paris. Bush also took a swipe at Barack Obama saying the president was condescending towards Americans that disagreed with him.

Describing Mr. Obama’s remarks at a news conference in France, Mr. Bush said, “He basically says, ‘Look, the discussion is over, anyone who disagrees with my nuanced, sophisticated views is an idiot.”’

“I just disagree with that,” Mr. Bush added.

The New York Times reports that Bush didn't dispute that climate change was happening but did say the human role in how the climate changes is not certain:

His remarks came at a town-hall-style event where Mr. Bush was asked by an audience member, “Is climate change a scam that’s foisted on us by the scientific community?’’

Mr. Bush said it was not in dispute that the earth’s climate was changing, but he added that the climate had “been changing forever,” and that the impact and role of human behavior in those changes were in dispute.

He opposed any measures that would “destroy” the economy, he explained, including the president’s Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from coal plants.

At the Paris conference President Obama called for parts of the international climate treaty to be legally binding, meaning United Nation's law would supersede American law on the issue.