When President Trump announced Thursday afternoon that he’d be pulling the United States out of the Paris Agreement, he did add that he’d be open to renegotiating the terms as long as American interests were protected.
Considering the future of the very planet is at stake, after all was said and done Thursday, it turned out the United States didn’t need the climate accord, and the rest of the world didn’t need the United States to participate. The United Nations made it clear that no single party, certainly not America, could force renegotiation of the historic treaty that isn’t a treaty at all as far as the U.S. is concerned.
#ParisAgreement, a historic treaty signed by 194 & ratified by 147 counties, cannot be renegotiated based on the request of a single Party. https://t.co/9vmbmzriJL
— United Nations (@UN) June 2, 2017
The United States was in the Paris Agreement in name only as the treaty was never ratified
— Simeon Standfast (@AdamJamesLocke) June 2, 2017
Problem is, it was not ratified by US Senate as a treaty entered into by US is supposed to be.
— .02 cents (@02twocents) June 2, 2017
Plenty of American citizens apologized to the United Nations on behalf of the country, but these are not those citizens.
UN has no say in our nation's decisions. We can defund any project that isn't good for our nation. Defund UN too.
— Ann (@ann27610444) June 2, 2017
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France, Germany, and Italy issued a joint statement of their own for good measure confirming that the climate treaty can’t be renegotiated, which is fine, since the U.S. Senate never ratified it.
BREAKING: France, Germany, Italy issue joint statement saying Paris climate accord can't be renegotiated.
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 1, 2017
Then I guess we're stuck. I mean, we ratified the treaty and every-
—wait, what? We never ratified the treaty? Well then!
— Andrew S. (@shoutingboy) June 1, 2017
Can't find it in the Constitution where they have to sign off on what we do. https://t.co/bPzepyRFOl
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 2, 2017
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If they don't want to renegotiate, then we'll just stay out. #Works4me #Covfefe
— Chelle (@Shelle4USA) June 2, 2017
Sounds good to me
— Separating families is wrong (@Noseperating) June 2, 2017
Other countries dictating their position on us hasn't worked well in past history
— Bob Hartsough (@Hoosier7883) June 2, 2017
Oh well. Good. They can spend their money for a change. ?
— Kathy (@bowtie88) June 2, 2017
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Awesome. So we're finished talking about it, then?
— clayjohanson (@clayjohanson) June 1, 2017
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 25, 2017
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