[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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @07:14AM (2 children)
China would experience what the US has taken since WW2 to learn: being at the top and controlling the world is expensive and earns the hate.
Let's see China get deeply involved in Asia and Africa. Xinjiang will become the way in for the terrorists.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @08:50AM (1 child)
Except China doesn't give a rats ass about "internal politics" of other nations. China only cares about China.
They already are. It's US that's on the way out, and rather quickly these days. Killing TPP and now withdrawing from Paris Accords is one giant gift to China in both cases. But yes, requires 2 brain cells to connect those dots.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @03:29AM
> Except China doesn't give a rats ass about "internal politics" of other nations. China only cares about China.
Huh? Where have you been lately. Chinese state-sponsored crackers/hackers seem to be active in the politics of nations all around the world.