Withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement: 'I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris'

Trump announced from the White House Rose Garden that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, making the U.S. one of only three countries not part of the accord (alongside Syria and Nicaragua at the time). Trump framed the decision as protecting American workers, saying he was elected to represent 'Pittsburgh, not Paris.' Fact-checkers disputed several of Trump's economic claims about the agreement's impact. Pittsburgh's mayor immediately responded that his city (which voted 80% for Clinton) would follow the Paris guidelines. Multiple governors formed the United States Climate Alliance to uphold the agreement at the state level. CEOs Elon Musk and Robert Iger resigned from presidential advisory councils in protest.

"I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." — Rose Garden speech announcing Paris withdrawal, June 1, 2017