[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 Phoenix666 on Friday June 02 2017, @11:06AM (1 child)
I think that's a pretty big stretch. China couldn't care less about the rest of the world, except as tributary states. It's in their very name, zhongguo ("Middle Country" aka "Country at the Center of the Earth"). Africans, who have been seeing a lot of investment from China, are quickly learning that the Chinese give even less of a shit about the Africans they're extracting the resources from than the POS Americans and Europeans did.
I surmise we're moving back to a multi-polar world with spheres of influence. Germany's in a really good spot right now, if they can successfully herd the cats. China has had a good couple of decades because Japan and South Korea haven't contended with it directly as they have in the past, but both those places could wake up to the new reality and do so again.
There's also a non-zero chance that D) could happen and shifting energy and manufacturing economies could reorder the geopolitical realities entirely. We are on the cusp of a global revolution in those respects.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @01:50PM
You have a definition of "care" that aligns very closely with Don the Con's definition.
The more you post, the more I realize you are just a trumpanzee in liberal clothing.