The Paris Accord was going to cost us a trillion dollars and China nothing, and Russia nothing, and India nothing. It was a ripoff of the United States and I ended [the Paris Accord] because I didn't want to waste that money because they treated us horribly. We were the only ones. It was costing us money. Nobody else was paying into it. And it was a, it was a disaster. (1:03:39–1:03:44)
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Asserts that he ended U.S. participation in the Paris Accord due to financial concerns and unfair treatment.
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