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Donald Trump's Paris Agreement Announcement And 11 Times It Made No Sense

Donald Trump's Paris Agreement Announcement And 11 Times It Made No Sense

Donald Trump on Thursday stuck two fingers up to the world and announced that the US would be withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Trump said that he would begin negotiations to re-enter the agreement or establish “an entirely new transaction” to get a better deal for the US.

But he suggested re-entry was hardly a priority, saying: “If we can, great. If we can’t, that’s fine.”

Here are 11 times his speech made little or no sense whatsoever...