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US Withdraws From Paris Climate Pact

Washington (June 02, 2017): United States President Donald Trump on Thursday announced to withdrew US from the Paris climate change pact saying, “In order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the United States will withdraw.”    

While speaking from the White House, Trump said he was open to renegotiating aspects of the agreement, which was inked under his predecessor and which all nations except two have signed onto.

But he was withering in his criticism of the pact, which he cast as a humiliating defeat for American workers that unfairly advantaged foreign countries.

“We want fair treatment,” Trump said. “We don’t want other countries and other leaders to laugh at us anymore.”

The decision amounts to a rebuttal of the worldwide effort to pressure Trump to remain a part of the agreement, which 195 nations signed onto. Foreign leaders, business executives and Trump’s own daughter, Ivanka, lobbied heavily for him to remain a part of the deal, but ultimately lost out to conservatives who claim the plan is bad for the United States.

Trump, who has governed with an “American First” policy, said Thursday he was carrying out the will of the voters who propelled him to the White House.

Trump said, “I was elected by the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.”

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