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applause will be at grave risk 0 brown outs and black outs, our businesses will come to a halt in many cases and the american family will suffer the consequences in the form of lost jobs and a very diminishes quality of life. evenif of life. even if the paris agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is estimated it would only produce a two tenths of one degree, think of that. this much. celsius reduction, in global temperature, by the year 2100. a tiny tiny amount. in fact 1a days of carbon emissions from china alone would wipe out the gains from america and this is incredible
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statistic, would totally wipe out the gains from america's expected reductions in the year 200030. after we have had to spend billions and billions of dollars, lostjobs, klosed factories and suffered much higher energy costs for businesses and homes. as the wall street journal wrote, this morning, the reality is than withdrawing is in america's economic interest, and won't matter much to the climate. the us under the trump administration will continue to be the cleanest, and most environmentally—friendly country on earth. it will be the cleanest. we will have the cleanest air, the clea nest water,
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will have the cleanest air, the cleanest water, we will be environmentally—friendly, but we are not going to put our businesses out of work. we are not going to lose oui’ of work. we are not going to lose ourjob, we are going to grow, we are going to grow rapidly. applause and i thinkjoust read, it came out minutes ago, the small business report, small businesses as ofjust 110w report, small businesses as ofjust now are booming, higher people, one to best reports they have seen in many year, i am willing to immediately work with democratic leaders, to either negotiate our way backin leaders, to either negotiate our way back in to paris, under the terms that are fair to the united states and its workers or to negotiate a new deal, that protects our country and its taxpayer's. applause
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so if the obstruction #234iss want to get together with me let us make them non—obstructionist, we won't be closing up our factory and we won't be losing ourjobs and we will is it down with the democrats, and all of the people that represent either the paris accord or something that we can do that is much better than the paris accord, and i think the people of our country will be thrilled and then the people of the world will be thrilled. until we do that we are out of the agreement. i will work to ensure that america remains the world's leader on environmental issues but under a framework that is fairand issues but under a framework that is fair and where the burden beens and responsibilities are equally shared among the many nations all around the world. nos responsible leader
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can put the workers and the people of their country at this debilitating and tremendous disadvantage r the fact that paris deal am strings the united states while empowering some of the world's top polluting countries, should dispel any doubt as to the real reason why foreign lobbyists wish to keep our magnificent country, tied up keep our magnificent country, tied up and bound down by this agreement. it st to give their country and economic edge over the united states. that is not going to happen while i'm president, i'm sorry. applause my applause myjob as president is to do everything with i my power to give america a level playing field and to
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create the economic regulatory and tax structures that make america the most prosperous and productive country on earth, and with the highest standard of living and the highest standard of living and the highest standard of environmental al protection. our tax bill is moving along in congress and believe it is doing very well. i think a lot of people will be pleasantly surprised. the republicans are working very very hard. we would love to have support from the democrats but we may have to go it alone. it is going very well. the paris agreement. handicaps the united states economy, in order to win phrase from the capitals and
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activists that have long sought to gain wealth at our country's expense. they don't put america first. i do and i always will. applause the same nation is asking us to stay in the agreement, are the countries that have collectively cost america trillions of dollars, through tough trade practises and in many cases, lacks contributions to our critical military alliance. you sow what is happening? it is obvious to those who want to keep an open mind. at what point does america get deneeded. at what point do they start laughing at us as a country. we wa nt start laughing at us as a country. we wantfair start laughing at us as a country. we want fair treatment for citizens
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the and fair treatment for our taxpayer's. we don't want —— taxpayer, we don't want other leaders and countries laughing at us any more and they won't be, they won't be. i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh not paris. applause i promsed i would exit or renegotiate any deal that fails to serve america's interest. many trade deals will be under renegotiation asian, rarely do we have a deal that works for this country. they will be under renegotiation nation, the process has begun from day one. but now we are down to business, beyond the severe energy restrictions
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inflicted by the paris accord it includes another scheme to redrib bute wealth out of the us yes —— united states, through the green climate fund, which calls for developed countries to process has begun from day one. but now we are down to business, beyond the severe energy restrictions inflicted by the paris accord it includes another scheme to redrib bute wealth out of the us yes —— united states, through the us yes —— united states, through the green climate fund, which calls for developed countries to send 100 billion $, to developing country, all on top of america's existing and massive foreign aid payments. so we will be paying billions and billions and billions of dollars and we are already way ahead of many of the other countries haven't spent anything. and many of them will never pay. one dime. the green fund would likely obligate the united states to commit potentially tens of billions of dollars, of which the united states has handed over $1
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billion. billion. nobody else is even close. most of them haven't even close. most of them haven't even paid anything. including funds raided out of america's budget, for the war against terrorist, that is where they came from, they didn't come from me, they came just before icame into come from me, they came just before i came into office. not good not good the way they took the money. in 2015 the us united nations, they took the, departing first ladies reportedly described the $100 billion per year as peanuts. and stated that from, they didn't come from me, they came just before icame into come from me, they came just before i came into office. not good not good the way they took the money. in 2015 the us united nations, they took the, departing first ladies reportedly described the $100 billion per year as peanuts.
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and stated that the 100 billion $s is the tale that wags the dog. in 2015 the green climate fund executive director, reportedly stated that estimated funding needed would increase to 40050 billion a year after 2020 and nobody knows where the money is going to. nobody is able to say where is it going to? 0f is able to say where is it going to? of course the world's top polluters have no affirmative obligations under the green fund, which we terminated. climate fund executive director, reportedly stated that estimated funding needed would increase to 40050 billion a year after 2020 and nobody knows where the money is going to. nobody is able to say where is it going to? of course the world's top polluters have no affirmative obligations under the green fund, which we terminated. america is 20 trillion $s in debt. debt. cash strapped cities cannot hire enough police officers is or fix vital infrastructure, millions of our citizens are out of work, and yet under course the world's top polluters have no affirmative obligations under the green fund, which we terminated. america is 20 trillion $s in debt. cash strapped cities cannot hire enough police officers is or fix vital infrastructure, millions of our
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citizens are out of work, and yet under the paris accord billions of $s that ought to be invested. invested. right here in america, will be sent to the very countries that have taken our factories, and oui’ that have taken our factories, and ourjabs that have taken our factories, and our jabs away from that have taken our factories, and ourjabs away from us, so think of that. there are serious legal details as well. asia, europe and across the world should not have more to say with respect to the us economy, than oui’ with respect to the us economy, than our own citizens and their elected representatives, thus our withdrawal from the agreement representses a reassertion of america's sovereignty. applause our constitution is unique among all nations of the world. and it is my
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highest obligation and greatest honour to protect it. and i will. staying in agreement coiled pose serious obstacle for the us as we begun the process of unlocking restrictions on our abundant energy reserves which we have started very strongly. it would have been unthinkable that as international agreement could prevent the united states from conducting its own domestic, economic affairs. but new is the new reality we face, if we do not leave the agreement, or if we do not leave the agreement, or if we do not leave the agreement, or if we do not negotiate a far better deal. the risks grow as historically, these agreement only tend to become more and more ambitious, over time. in
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tend to become more and more ambitious, overtime. in other words, the paris framework is just a starting point, as bad as it is. not an end point. and exiting the agreement protects the united states, from future intrusions, when this us sovereignty and massive feature legal liability. believe me we have massive legal liability if we have massive legal liability if we stay in. as president i have one obligation and that is to the american people. the paris accord would undermind our economy, hamstring our worker, wea ken economy, hamstring our worker, weaken our solve i sovereignty, oppose legal risk and put us as a permanent disadvantage to the other countries of the world. it is time
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to exit the paris accord. applause and time to pursue a new deal, that protects the environment, our companies, our citizens, and our country. it is time to put youngs down ohios, detroit michigan and pittsburgh pence vainian, ia, down ohios, detroit michigan and pittsburgh pence vainian,ia, along with many other locations within our great country, before paris france, it is time to make america great again. thank you. applause thank you. thank you very much. applause studio: president trump hat the white house has pulled america out
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of the paris climate agreement. he said that the historic 2015 accord was a bad dealfor the united states, it had left other countries off too easily and punish america too much. he pointed to moments in the accord. he said it allowed india to carry on building coal plarngts china to carry on doing that, but it finished american workers, his only job was to protect american workers. he said he was representing the citizens of pittsburgh and not paris. his main argument for pulling america out of the deal was that america out of the deal was that america had a bad economic dealfrom the paris accord and other
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