WaPo: Trump retreated from Paris Accord to piss off Europe, especially Macron.

[DetlefK]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-climate-decision-after-fiery-debate-he-stayed-where-hes-always-been/2017/06/01/e4acb27e-46db-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html?utm_term=.8cc6af9d93ab

Ivanka Trump, meanwhile, helped lead the effort to stay in the deal. In meetings, she argued that withdrawing could hurt the United States’ global image and weaken its moral authority abroad. She and her allies pushed the case that the president would have more leverage if he remained part of the agreement and negotiated from within.

The opposing camp, however, dismissed the substance of her appeal, brushing off her concerns as a hand-wringing question: “What will the world think of us?”

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Pressure from leaders abroad also backfired. One senior White House official characterized disappointing European allies as “a secondary benefit” of Trump’s decision to withdraw.

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If he needed a nudge, though, one came from France over the weekend. Macron was quoted in a French journal talking about his white-knuckled handshake with Trump at their first meeting in Brussels, where the newly elected French president gripped Trump’s hand tightly and would not let go for six long seconds in a show of alpha-male fortitude.

“My handshake was not innocent,” Macron said. He likened Trump to a pair of authoritarian strongmen — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and said that he was purposefully forceful because he believed his encounter with Trump was “a moment of truth.”

Hearing smack-talk from the Frenchman 31 years his junior irritated and bewildered Trump, aides said.

A few days later, Trump got his revenge. He proclaimed from the Rose Garden, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.”

[spanone]

1. that's the kind of 'man' trump is...

[janterry]

2. Everyone should talk about trump like Macron

What he said was the truth.

Everyone should confront Trump at every corner - at every lie, every manipulation, every time he opens his uninformed mouth.

The whole world (and especially us, here in the States) should be calling out his every misstep.

[FakeNoose]

6. Macron shook his hand like it was a wrestling match

Looks like Macron knows how to beat this guy. At least he was ready for him.

[pangaia]

3. As in everything else, dumpster takes 'revenge' on all humanity

for being ridiculed..
vis a vis that correspondents' dinner..

[HopeAgain]

4. A petty demagogue

I never thought I'd see the day when the U.S. went from leader of the free world to leader of the third world.

[woodsprite]

5. Yup, he threw a Trumper Tantrum that we and our future generations will have to pay for. n/t

[berksdem]

12. "Trumper Tantrum"

[hatrack]

7. Ivanka Trump blahblahblahblah FUCK HER!

Fuck the Grifty Princess and her phony fucking concerns!!

Enough about this shallow, stupid, venal woman as a force for good!!!!!

Jesus Christ . . .

[dalton99a]

10. Betcha Ivanka leaked that bullshit about Ivanka

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[smirkymonkey]

8. What a petty, vindictive little punk!

Because of a resentment against Macron, he takes his ire out on the entire planet. This man is such a pathetic, low-life excuse of a human being. I have never been more disgusted in my life.

[forgotmylogin]

9. I'm sure Macron pushed him over the edge and unsealed the deal,

but they'd been dreaming of this for a long time.

Obama needs to strategically give a speech every time the Administration is doing something hideous to coerce 45 to do the opposite:

"I am in complete support of Jared Kushner having more power than President Trump since he's obviously much smarter and more handsome than his father in law (wink)."

"I fully support Trump in office for eight years! I wouldn't want him to know the freedom I'm enjoying and all the moneymaking opportunities I have now that I'm no longer President! (wink!)"

"I fully support Trump's withdrawal from the Paris accord, in complete defiance of the stance of Russia and Saudi Arabia's acceptance of it! (wink)"

"Michelle just loves Ivanka's clothing line! In fact, she's scooping up all the clearance items and donating them to needy orphans so they can be independent women like her! (wink)"

"I just want Donald Trump to know that I'm worried about his eating habits! He should lay off the fried chicken and extra scoop of ice cream! (wink)"

"I think Donald Trump should play more golf. In fact, he should schedule a couple of week-long trips every month to golf at his beautiful resort in Scotland! He certainly could use the rest after how hard he's been working making America great after I goofed it all up! (wink)"

"I fully support Fox News being on in every household since I secretly have hacked into their broadcast and have been discreetly promoting Islam and Socialism during Sean Hannity! Fox News is my secret reverse psychology experiment on America! (wink)"

[leftstreet]

11. Come on people. He represents Pittsburgh, not Paris!

[C_U_L8R]

13. Trump is a small insignificant man

No one respects him. No one fears him.
All they can do is laugh at him because he's so pathetic and dumb.