Trump believes that climate warming is fabricated by Americans： it is intended to weaken the competitiveness of the United States
CCTV News:The voice of opposition in the United States is endless. House Democratic leader nancy pelosi criticized Trump’s move as "an amazing move by American leaders and a serious threat to the future of the planet." Elon musk, CEO of Tesla, announced his resignation from Trump’s advisory board on Twitter. He wrote: "Climate change is real, and withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is not good for the United States and not good for the world."
Trump announced his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
Shortly after Trump announced his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, hundreds of people held placards outside the North Gate of the White House, such as "It is a nightmare to withdraw from the Paris Agreement" and "Without the Paris Agreement, the United States fell last", shouting "shameful" slogans and protesting Trump’s climate policy.
Trump believes that climate change is a "scam"
Us election
Trump gave his own reasons. As he said during the campaign, he always thought that climate change was a "scam". In 2012, he tweeted that climate warming was "a theory fabricated by China people" to weaken the competitiveness of American manufacturing industry.
IMD 2017 Global Competitiveness Ranking The United States fell out of the top three.
On the same day that Trump announced his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, in the 2017 World Competitiveness Annual Report released by IMD, Switzerland, the United States fell out of the top three in the global competitiveness ranking. Some analysts pointed out that the report reflects the impact of Trump’s election on the competitive position of the United States.
The New York Times said that Trump said that he would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement in accordance with the procedures stipulated by the United Nations, which would take up to four years. In other words, the United States officially withdrew as early as November 2020. Trump’s first presidential term will end in January 2021. This means that the final decision will be made by American voters in the US presidential election four years later.
Obama: The United States is joining the ranks of "a handful of countries that reject the future"
Abandoning the Paris Agreement signed by 194 countries is the second international agreement signed by Obama after Trump withdrew from the TPP. In response, former US President Barack Obama issued a statement saying that the United States is joining the ranks of those "a handful of countries that reject the future".
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry said, I think this is an extraordinary and self-destructive moment, which was self-destructive by the president representing the country. He didn’t put America first, in fact, he put it last.
Multinational politicians shouted Trump: rude and unreasonable, deeply disappointed
Even Japan, a die-hard ally of the United States, rarely criticized Trump for running counter to human wisdom.
Japan’s environmental phase Yamamoto Koichi
Japan’s environmental minister Yamamoto said that this runs counter to the human wisdom that has finally reached this point and is very disappointed.
The Trump administration’s retrogression and inaction on climate issues was immediately widely criticized by the international community.
UN Secretary-General Guterres said in a statement through a spokesman that it was "extremely disappointing" for the United States to announce its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
France, Germany and Italy quickly issued a joint statement reaffirming the importance of the Paris climate agreement.
French President Macron
French President Macron said that this was actually a mistake. It is a mistake for the United States and for our world.
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, who once fought side by side with Obama on energy and climate issues, wrote on Twitter that he was "deeply disappointed" with the decision of the US government to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
Swedish Prime Minister Levin shouted to Trump, "We urge you to show international leadership. We need the United States in this team."
Belgian Prime Minister Michelle said, "I condemn this rude and unreasonable move against the Paris agreement. Trump, leaders should fight climate change together, not abandon the agreement."
EU: The United States can’t do this! Central Europe will fill the gap.
The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement is a big blow to international climate protection efforts. European Commission President Juncker is even more straightforward, saying: "Europeans have an obligation to tell them that this is not possible." European Commission Vice-President Sefukovic also said that the Paris Agreement "has no second backup plan", but even if the United States withdraws, the EU is ready to take responsibility.
European Commission President Juncker
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, said that the withdrawal of the United States from the world stage is not good for the world or the United States, but the vacancy will be filled, and China is the first country to assume the leadership role.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China: No matter what the position of other countries is, China will earnestly implement the Paris Agreement.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on June 1st that no matter how other countries’ positions change, China will continue to implement the development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing, take practical measures to strengthen its domestic action to deal with climate change and earnestly implement the Paris Agreement.
China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying
Hua Chunying reiterated that climate change is a global challenge, and no country can stay out of it. China is willing to continue to strengthen effective communication and pragmatic cooperation with the European side in the field of climate change, and safeguard and promote the multilateral governance process of climate change.