Obama slams Trump's withdrawal from Paris accord, says it opened jobs in US
US President claimed that the climate deal was unfair Former US President Barack Obama and other political leaders on Firday slammed Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the historic Paris climate deal, saying he has squandered America's global leadership and put the country with "a small handful of nations that reject the future." "The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created. I believe the United States of America should be at the front of the pack," Obama said in rare a statement. "But even in the absence of American leadership; even as this administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future; I'm confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we've got," he said. He said it was the steady, principled American ...