Trumps reason for leaving the Paris agreement left Obamas science adviser stunned

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Kiley Kroh
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Jun 2

Trump’s reason for leaving the Paris agreement left Obama’s science adviser stunned
“We’re going to lose tremendous global clout and influence” by withdrawing from the Paris agreement.


It was never going to be easy for President Donald Trump to justify his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement — an accord that is popular, rooted in scientific fact, and nonbinding. But the error-riddled, circuitous reasoning he gave from the Rose Garden on Thursday left Dr. John Holdren, President Barack Obama’s chief science adviser, stunned.

“It’s going to take days to parse all of the misleading statements in there,” Holdren said.

Trump centered his decision on America’s economic interests, claiming the agreement was too costly for the American people. But he completely omitted the severe economic toll posed by failure to act on climate change, a cost far greater than that of action, Holdren said. Trump also claims to be protecting U.S. jobs, but his speech totally ignored the economic benefits of clean energy — a sector that is growing much faster than the economy as a whole.

“And there was no mention at all of why we have the Paris agreement in the first place,” Holdren said. “He never mentioned the damages from climate change.” That’s right: After months of leaks and speculation, fueled by the reality-TV-host-turned-president’s tendency to hype his own announcements, he delivered an entire address on a major international agreement to limit the worst effects of climate change without once mentioning climate change.

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1. Gish gallop as usual by Twitler

[FakeNoose]

2. Pootie wants him to quit the Paris Accord

That's the only reason.

Everything else he says is fluff.

[madokie]

3. No

tRump is out to undo any and everything Obama. Thats his motivation on this and everything else. IMHO