President Donald Trump has fulfilled a campaign promise that, for some, might have gotten lost in the other major legs of his platform, but it's a promise that is already making the left extremely unhappy.
The former and current president is in the process of signing a plethora of executive orders, but while he does have his work cut out for him when it comes to the economy, immigration, crime, and more, his signature appears to be all that was required to fulfill the promise of withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Accords.
"The Paris Agreement places unfair economic burdens on American workers, businesses, and taxpayers," his office said in a statement. "The Paris Agreement hampers the economic and national security of the United States while allowing the world’s leading polluters such as China to continue to pollute."
Withdrawing from a multinational agreement that puts an undue amount of pressure on the U.S. economy is a signal from the Trump administration that it won't bow to that global pressure. The incoming administration has scoffed at the dire warnings of the climate change activists who insist we are on the brink of peril, and conservatives have long pointed to multiple claims of doom that have never come to pass.
The executive order was expected, as activists came into the day bemoaning the Trump administration's "lack of commitment to fighting climate change" (or whatever phrasing they want to use for it).
Al Gore, a noted enjoyer of private jets, was one such voice.
Today, President Trump will issue a series of Executive Orders that deny the climate emergency facing our country in favor of a phony “energy emergency”. These performative acts show the pervasive influence that the fossil fuel industry will have in the United States over the…
— Al Gore (@algore) January 20, 2025
"As was the case in 2017, withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement is a shortsighted abdication of leadership that will only serve to put our nation at a disadvantage," Gore sadly posted to X. "Clinging to the industries of the past instead of embracing the industries of the future may boost the short-term profits of fossil fuel companies, but it will come at the expense of the broader American economy - including American workers who risk being left behind."
The U.S. Oil and Gas Association had a different take on Trump's agenda, however.
— US Oil & Gas Association (@US_OGA) January 20, 2025
Trump appears to be working long into the night to begin undoing the policies of the Biden administration. Though it may not seem all that long into the night, the publication time of this piece was around 8:20 p.m., approximately two hours later than Biden was still up (on average).
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