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Pulling out of Paris Signals the end of Empire
Analysis by Reporting San Diego, May 31 2017There are few moments in world history that mark critical changes in the world order. As President Donald Trump readies to pull the United States from the Paris climate agreement, it signals the end of the role of the United States in the world stage. In order to understand how radical this is, we first need to understand the world order of the last 70 years. This is the world that the United States helped create. In some ways, it is our empire.
What the president is doing is rejecting this world order, and turning inwards.
Trump Intends to Blow This Order to Bits
MORE: https://reportingsandiego.com/2017/05/31/pulling-out-of-paris-signals-the-end-of-empire/
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