http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4563932/Trump-announces-U-S-Paris-climate-accord.html'I represent the people of Pittsburgh NOT Paris': Trump pulls U.S. out of climate accord saying it is
a foreign attempt to seize American jobs and
American wealth - and
is immediately attacked by Obama
- Donald Trump is pulling the United States out of the Paris climate agreement that Barack Obama entered
- President says he is protecting American jobs and accuses treaty of being designed to redistribute U.S. wealth to other countries
- 'I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh not Paris,' he said - 'It is time to make America great again.'
- Obama reacted before Trump even finishing speaking, saying action means U.S. joins a small handful of nations that reject the future' :: rejects Bill Ayres and Socialism
- Trump told 'foreign leaders in Europe, Asia and across the world' they would not have a say over American jobs and American growth
- Syria and Nicaragua are only other countries not in deal whose backers say is vital to stopping average temperatures growing by more than 2C this century
- Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were said to have lobbied to stay in - and were not at the Rose Garden to witness the decision being announced
By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:56 EDT, 1 June 2017 | Updated: 16:41 EDT, 1 June 2017
Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris accord on climate change on Wednesday afternoon - deriding it as bad for American jobs and bad for the environment.
He dared opprobrium from foreign leaders, environmentalists, scientists and celebrities to say he was putting the jobs of American workers first.
'We don't want other leaders and other countries laughing at us any more. And they won't be. They won't be,' Trump declared. 'I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.'
Before he even sat down, his predecessor Barack Obama(ahoela) launched an all-out assault, saying Trump 'joins a small handful of nations that reject the future'.
Elon Musk, the Tesla billionaire, said he was quitting advising the White House, tweeting: 'Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.'
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President Donald Trump is announcing his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate change accord in an afternoon ceremony in the White House's Rose Garden
America first: Trump was unrepentant in saying he was standing up for U.S. interests
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he President's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his daughter Ivanka, both said to have wanted him to stay in the Prais treaty, were absent as they marked a Jewish holiday
TRUMP'S KEY WORDS ON CLIMATE DEAL
On the accord...
As of today the United States will cease all implementation of the nonbinding Paris Accord and the draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country.
This includes ending the implementation of the National Determined Contribution and – very importantly – the Green Climate Fund, which is costing the United States a vast fortune.
The bottom line is that the Paris Accord is very unfair, at the highest level, to the United States.
On its cost...
Compliance...could cost America as much as 2.7 million lost jobs by 2025, according to the National Rconomic Research Associates.
The cost to the economy at this time would be close to $3 trillion in lost GDP and 6.5 million industrial jobs, while households would have $7,000 less income and in many cases much worse than that.
America first...
The Paris Agreement handicaps the United States economy in order to win praise from the very foreign capitals and global activists that have long sought to gain wealth at our country's expense.
They don't put America first. I do and I always will.
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.
What he wants now...
We want fair treatment for its citizens and we want fair treatment for our taxpayers.
We don't want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. And they won't be. They won't be.
He complained in the White House's Rose Garden that major polluters like China are allowed to increase their emissions under the agreement in a way that the US cannot. India is hinging its participation on billions of dollars of foreign aid.
The deal is a 'massive redistribution of United States wealth to other countries,' he argued. 'The Paris accord is very unfair at the highest level' to the US.
'This agreement is less about the climate and more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the United States,' Trump said.
Trump said he would also end the United States' participation in the United Nations' Green Climate Fund, which he said lacks affirmative obligations.
In a slap at European leaders who'd lobbied him last week, including France's Emmanuel Macron, Trump said the Paris exit is 'a reassertion of America's sovereignty.'
'Foreign leaders in Europe, Asia and across the world should not have more to say with respect to the United States economy that our own citizens and their elected representatives,' Trump proclaimed.
Trump told off naysayers in a lengthy explanation of his decision and the effect he expects it to have on the US economy.
‘The Paris Agreement handicaps the United States economy in order to win praise from the very foreign capitals and global activists that have long sought to gain wealth at our country's expense. They don't put America first. I do and I always will,’ he said.
Trump said he would be willing to get back in but only if he is allowed to renegotiate the terms of the United States' participation.
Among Trump's reasons for leaving the accord was the 'massive legal liability' that administration lawyers had warned him about.
The Republican president also said he could not support the agreement 'in good conscience,' from an environmental stand point, either, 'as someone who cares deeply the environment, which I do,' because it is non-binding.
It imposes 'no meaningful obligations on the world's leading polluters,' Trump said.
Trump ended months of speculation in an afternoon Rose Garden event promoted with all the anticipation of a major press conference.
He sided with conservative groups over world leaders and his daughter Ivanka, declaring that the accord poses a dire threat to the American economy and jobs market.
She was not there to see more conservative advisers applaud loudly as he said the United States was out of the treaty. Neither was her husband, Jared Kushner, one of this closest aides.
The White House tipped its hand when it distributed a set of talking points to allied organizations that proclaimed, 'The Paris Accord is a BAD deal for Americans, and the President's action today is keeping his campaign promise to put American workers first.'
The document says the US is exiting the international climate accord because it is in the best interest of US economy.
Good day in the office: Steve Bannon, the President's chief strategist, was one of the major voices behind pulling out and was in the front row for the announcement
Happy outcome: From left Chief Economic Advisor Gary Cohn, Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Vice President Mike Pence, applauded as the president pulled out of the climate agreement
We're not here: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner had advised the president to stay in the Paris accord - and instead of being at the Rose Garden they observed the Jewish festival of Shavuot by taking their children, Arabella and Joseph, to shul in Washington D.C.
On your feet: White House aides gave a standing ovation to the president after his Rose Garden speech - but his predecessor issued a highly critical statement while Trump was still speaking
Distributed: This is the official White House document setting out why Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the Paris accord
A successful businessman before he was elected, Trump has already taken steps to end the 'job-killing' regulations his predecessor enacted in order to bring the US in line with the environmental pact.
In a May 26, 2016 speech to a gas- and oil-friendly crowd in Bismarck, North Dakota, he declared flatly: 'We're going to cancel the Paris climate agreement.'
Trump also said then that if he were elected he would stop making payments to United Nations programs that fight global warming.
The talking points the White House gave to conservative organizations on Thursday said, 'The Accord was negotiated poorly by the Obama Administration and signed out of desperation.'
'It frontloads costs on the American people to the detriment of our economy and job growth while extracting meaningless commitments from the world's top global emitters, like China. The U.S. is already leading the world in energy production and doesn't need a bad deal that will harm American workers.'
Trump, the most unpredictable U.S. president in a century, performed as expected despite sending signals of ambivalence about his yes-or-no decision during the week and telling reporters that he was
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