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The United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, President Donald Trump will announce at a Rose Garden speech this afternoon. On a conference call with Capitol Hill staffers ahead of the speech, White House energy policy adviser Michael Catanzaro confirmed that "the United States is getting out of the Paris agreement." Trump, Catanzaro said, "will be open to and will immediately be looking for a better deal."

A source provided The Daily Beast with the call-in information.

"We will initiate the process, which, all told, takes four years in total. But we're going to make very clear to the world that we're not going to be abiding by what the previous administration agreed to." Trump's withdrawal from the accord fulfills a major campaign promise, and dovetails with his "America First" mantra, a point stressed by White House deputy communications director Raj Shah in a separate conference call with conservative think tanks and pundits.

He asked those on the call write statements, op-eds, and tweets supporting the president's decision. "I can't explicitly state what the president is going to announce in an hour and a half, but I can say that I doubt folks on this call will be disappointed," Shah assured them.

Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-...-from-paris-accord?via=desktop&source=copyurl

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/870343377597984772

Edit:
Acosta putting work in.

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/870345452344025088

Edit:
Obama speaks

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/870364641544818688

Thanks smokeymicpot for posting this first!

 

[Quonny]

Fucking idiot.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

We are the enemy of humanity and we should be treated as such.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

FUCK. YOU.

I hope there's a special place in hell for Trump and the GOP.

 

[Kurdel]

Disgraceful

 

[Ac30]

Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-...-from-paris-accord?via=desktop&source=copyurl

Obama probably negotiated the 4 year window for a reason. Smart dude.

 

[Gemüsepizza]

Evil scum.

 

[Blader]

Trump, Catanzaro said, "will be open to and will immediately be looking for a better deal.

There will be no other deal. It took years for this deal to happen, and 194 other countries are locked in to it. They'll only be making the terms stronger as we go on.

Aside from the climate implications of the U.S. withdrawing from the deal, this is a huge blow to the future of our economy. We just let China and the EU take the lead on this market and completely abdicated our ability to be a part of this. Who knows how many investment and partnership opportunities will be lost over this. Literally thousands of long-term, permanent American jobs, completely tossed aside by this administration.

 

[Host Samurai]

All this because he hates a black man that outdid him in life.

 

[Jawbreaker]

What a fucking disgrace.

 

[Tom Nook]

 

[LifEndz]

Hopefully he doesn't win a re-election (or is removed from office) and we can correct this before any real damage is done. But still, Fuck Trump.

 

[RustyNails]

Every motherfucker that went "bubu both sides", voted third party and complaining about this now, here is your both sides.

 

[theWB27]

Previous administration.... Previous administration.... previous fucking administration

 

[Oersted]

Why invest in the future, when you can burn coal

Spoiler

till its all burned

 

[Slayven]

Hate the word "deal" so much

 

[smokeymicpot]

What a fucking asshole. Not surprised but what a fucking dick.

 

[super-heated plasma]

I wonder if Putin is forcing him to do it. By all accounts he is being pressured heavily from almost everyone else to no withdraw. Putin may want him to do it to further weaken the US.

 

[F0rneus]

All this because he hates a black man that outdid him in life.

Yep. And it's the reason people voted for him too. GOP is pure evil.

 

[Oriel]

Dumb prick!

 

[AstroNut325]

I will continue to try to reduce my carbon footprint. I'll do my part in the USA while our government caters to fossil fuel industry desires.

 

[PdotMichael]

Lost country.

 

[hiryu64]

But we’re going to make very clear to the world that we’re not going to be abiding by what the previous administration agreed to.

Summary of the current administration's entire MO.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

I wish we could withdraw from this administration.

 

[hawk2025]

The 2020 campaign and the fight of our lifetimes starts now.

 

[Loudninja]

Better deal my ass.

 

[AlexMeloche]

Disgusting people. Simply disgusting. Can't believe this shit. Fuck.

 

[Pandora012]

Did people really thing he wouldn't. The only bright spots are, it seems it will take awhile for this to happen. So fingers crossed we get a new Prez, and the fact this won't stop trends that are already a happening with businesses and states.

 

[Wet Bloodfart]

GOP is the worst thing to happen to America.

 

[Dierce]

Fuck you forever orange turd mother fucker along with all your idiotic supporters. You are no better than the terrorists you denounce you hypocritical shits.

 

[entremet]

It's gonna take a long time recover from this disastrous administration.

 

[Mimosa97]

American exceptionalism on display again. 195 countries just don't know better and it doesn't matter what 6 billion people think is good for the planet and the future of mankind.

 

[Slayven]

So it takes 4 years to complete? Folks better wake up 2020

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

Time for the rest of the world to move on without us. We've shown that we are no longer capable of the responsibility.

 

[Codeblue]

He's going to look for a better deal? Better deal on what? Who are you going to negotiate the climate with?

Have fun sitting at the negotiation table with Syria and Nicaragua you dope.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

I will continue to try to reduce my carbon footprint. I'll do my part in the USA while our government caters to fossil fuel industry desires.

Even the fossil fuel industry is saying they're against this.

 

[Kensation]

Could we arrange to pump 10 cubic tons of smog directly into the Oval Office?

Also: Don't worry guys, God will take care of the environment.

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

Piece of shit.

 

[JordanN]

Trump is 70. He doesn't have much time left on this earth.

He's basically committing murder of future generations.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

So this makes us, Syria, and Nicaragua as the only holdouts out of almost 200 countries right?

Let that one sink in.

 

[Ithil]

"A better deal", meaning exactly diddly shit.

 

[Goldmund]

How the hell did Pruitt ever get through confirmation hearings.

 

[Pandora012]

So it takes 4 years to complete? Folks better wake up 2020

Hopefully, they are woke by 2018.

 

[sangreal]

Trump and his "bilateral agreements only" position are fucking stupid

How the hell did Pruitt ever get through confirmation hearings.

He is a conservatives dream, and the GOP Senate caucus is not nearly as moderate as they would like you to believe

 

[darscot]

What fucking "Deal" do they think they are going to get?

 

[Waylon Drums]

I was hoping this whole "he's gonna do it thing" would turn out to be another "we scared you into thinking he'd do something, then he didn't" thing where he gets praised for not actually doing anything.

 

[Altazor]

Fucking prick. Dooming our planet in the name of unregulated capitalism.

It's a way of life. You'll love it.

 

[jiiikoo]

Could we arrange to pump 10 cubic tons of smog directly into the Oval Office?

We need more, thats the amount that comes out of Trumps mouth everytime he exhales.

 

[jakonovski]

So human civilization is going to destroy itself literally because a white man hated a black man.

 

[Ferrio]

The rest of the world needs to take the gloves off, we deserve every bit of it.