Donatld Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris agreement on CO2 limits should not have been a surprise to anyone. 'America first' is his motivation but America can only remain a world leader if it leads the world in tackling the major problems of our generation, among them terrorism, famine, and climate change.
Unbelievably, there are those, Trump among them, who do not accept that our lifestyle is having any effect on the climate. Hurucanes, floods, and rising world temperatures present clear evidence that we are approaching the point of no return. The climate is changing and the effects of this are unpredictable. America is the second largest polluter in the world.
The encouraging aspect of Trump's decision is that he is being widely condemned across America, and the voices of major industrial companies combine with many individual states to keep the hope alive that America will be back at the negotiating table. It takes four years for the withdrawal to become operative. We can only hope that President Trump is voted out of office at the next election.
America can then take its rightful place as a world leader, instead of attracting condemnation and ridicule.
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