WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord on Sunday, telling world leaders at a virtual summit that the agreement was designed to cripple the U.S.
economy, not save the planet.“To protect American workers, I withdrew the United States from the unfair and one-sided Paris climate accord, a very unfair act for the United States,” Trump said in a video statement from the White House to the Group of 20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia.
His comments came during a discussion among the world's largest economies on safeguarding the Earth.President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office in January, has said he will rejoin the global pact that the U.S.