the hill
By Jonathan Easley - 06/02/17 06:00 AM EDT
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336014-trump-cements-america-first-doctrine-with-paris-withdrawal[excerpt]
President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord has put the world on notice that “America First” is not just a campaign slogan — it’s his administration’s guiding doctrine.
Trump on Thursday delivered on a key campaign promise by announcing he will pull the U.S. out of a 195-country agreement that former President Obama entered into less than nine months ago.
Obama had hailed the Paris agreement as a “turning point for our planet” and the culmination of “an intense diplomatic effort” that drew scores of countries, cultures and governments into a pact aimed at slowing the rise in global temperatures.
Critics of Obama, including Trump, called the agreement another example of him putting foreign interests ahead of America’s.
“We don't want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore, and they won’t be,” Trump said Thursday. “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.”
