The presidents decision to withdraw from the climate agreement reflects his contempt for internationalism – and the rise of a newly isolationist USSo we do possess a new US – for the present. In the jargon of Trumpology,the president has tossed a sop to his climate-change denying chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and disappointed his green daughter,Ivanka. Or at least he is withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accord in three years (Bannon) but “renegotiating” it (Ivanka). Related: President's Paris climate speech annotated: Trump's claims analysed Trump is the authentic voice of world-fade-to-hellContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com