President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw support for the Paris global climate pact in a statement from the Rose Garden on Thursday, calling it a bad deal for Americans, while promising he will try to negotiate a better deal.
“The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, but begin negotiations to re-enter… on terms that are fair to the United States,” Trump says. “We’re getting out.”
Trump said the deal creates “lost jobs” and “shuttered factories” while “vastly diminishing” economic production.
The sure-to-be polarizing decision fulfills a campaign promise for Trump. It will no doubt make relationships tense with international allies, who spent years working on the agreement.