What's the Point of Criticism?

"The number of extreme weather events is globally increasing. It's just about doubled over the last 20 years," he said. "So what's the, what's the point of criticizing us for something that's true and we weren't saying it in the first place? You know what I mean?" 'I was talking about the increase, the significant increase in billion dollar disasters now versus, I don't remember what, 15 years ago, something like that'