Paris Climate Deal: World leaders express regret over US’ withdrawal
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 global agreement to fight climate change, drawing anger and condemnation from world leaders and heads of industry.
Trump, tapping into the “America First” message he used when he was elected president last year, said the Paris accord would undermine the U.S. economy, cost U.S. jobs, weaken American national sovereignty and put the country at a permanent disadvantage to the other countries of the world.
“We’re getting out,” Trump said at a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden under sunny skies on a warm June day, fulfilling a major election campaign pledge.
“We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. And they won’t be,” Trump said.
My job as President is to do everything within my power to give America a level playing field. #AmericaFirst
➡️https://t.co/9VOb99W42r pic.twitter.com/2Lg8gxxXxV— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 1, 2017
“The same nations asking us to stay in the agreement are the countries that have collectively cost America trillions of dollars through tough trade practices and in many cases lax contributions to our critical military alliance,” Trump …read more
