[Ed Note: What follows is the official press release from President Donald Trump at the White House. It marks the official stance of the United States pulling out of the Paris Agreement. Though there is certainly a political aspect to this, I would like to see if we can try to avoid political bickering and focus discussion on the actual details of the press release. See, also, our previous coverage, Report: Trump Plans to Exit Paris Climate Agreement. --martyb]
From the desk of President Donald J. Trump
For Immediate Release
June 01, 2017
President Trump Puts American Jobs First
“Our government rushed to join international agreements where the United States pays the costs and bears the burdens while other countries get the benefit and pay nothing.” – President Donald J. Trump
ALREADY THE WORLD’S ENERGY LEADER: The United States had already become the leader in cutting CO2 emissions while still leading in oil & gas production.
HARMFUL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: The Paris Climate Accord could cost the United States economy millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in economic output over the next several decades.
SHOULDERING THE BURDEN: Under the Paris Climate Accord, the United States would carry the burden while other countries would get the benefits.
INEFFECTIVE: Even if every nation fully complied with the Paris Climate Accord, it would barely impact the climate.
PROMISE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: President Trump is fulfilling his promise to the American people to stop international agreements that disadvantage the United States.
(Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Friday June 02 2017, @04:17AM (7 children)
Jesus Christ he is getting torn to shreds by Meme Jihadis and normies alike.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @04:47AM (6 children)
What does "normies" mean ?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 02 2017, @05:04AM (5 children)
It's something edgy edgelords of extreme edginess like this jackoff call people they believe to be insufficiently edgy. The irony is that the kind of person who thinks "normie" is an insult with any weight is, in almost any social/economic/cultural measure you can think of, almost certainly close enough to the mean to stand atop the peak of the distribution.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Friday June 02 2017, @05:25AM (2 children)
So do you use this word?
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Friday June 02 2017, @05:43AM
"So, whose brain was it"
"Abby someone, . . . Abby Normal, yeah, that's what it was!"
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 02 2017, @06:07PM
Only in one context: when one of said edgelords accuses someone else of being one. My response is typically some variant of "Hate to break this to you, but given you're white, middle class, American, and upholding the status quo, *you* are the "normie," not your target. In case you need this explained to you, supporting the status quo is by definition the least rebellious thing you can do."
This generally happens when people go "ooooh lookit me, being all politically incorrent! so edgy! so rebellious! Cuck cuck cuck faggot cuck libtard hurr hurr!"
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Friday June 02 2017, @11:51AM (1 child)
It's perfectly fine to be a normie. Some of my best friends are normies.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @07:03PM
Did you just try to "some of my best friends are black" your way out of that?
Hilarious!