I declared the national energy emergency and withdrew from the unfair, one sided and extremely costly to the United States only Paris Climate Accord. You know, Under the Paris Climate Accord we had terrible situation. We were, we would have paid over a trillion dollars. Think of it, over a trillion dollars. And Russia was paying almost nothing. Russia had a 1992 standard. China was paying nothing. China didn't kick in until 2035. (16:54–17:03)
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Asserts that the Paris Climate Accord would have cost the U.S. over a trillion dollars.
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