Joe: President Trump's Climate Decision Has Done Grave Damage Diplomatically | Morning Joe

>>> IN ORDER TO FULFILL MY SOLEMN DUTY TO PROTECT AMERICA
AND ITS CITIZENS, THE UNITED STATES WILL WITHDRAW FROM THE
PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD. THUS, AS OF TODAY, THE UNITED
STATES WILL CEASE ALL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
NON-BINDING PARIS ACCORD AND THE DRACONIAN FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC
BURDENS THE AGREEMENT IMPOSES ON OUR COUNTRY.
BUT BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS TO RE-ENTER EITHER THE PARIS ACCORD
OR AN ENTIRELY NEW TRANSACTION ON TERMS THAT ARE FAIR TO THE
UNITED STATES, ITS BUSINESSES, ITS WORKERS, ITS PEOPLE, ITS
TAXPAYERS. SO WE'RE GETTING OUT, BUT WE
WILL START TO NEGOTIATE, AND WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN MAKE A DEAL
THAT'S FAIR. IF WE CAN, THAT'S GREAT.
IF WE CAN'T, THAT'S FINE. THE SAME NATIONS ASKING US TO
STAY IN THE AGREEMENT ARE THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE COLLECTIVELY
COST AMERICA TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THROUGH TOUGH TRADE
PRACTICES. YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, IT'S
PRETTY OBVIOUS TO THOSE WHO WANT TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND.
AT WHAT POINT DOES AMERICA GET DEMEANED?
AT WHAT POINT DO THEY START LAUGHING AT US AS A COUNTRY?
WE DON'T WANT OTHER LEADERS AND OTHER COUNTRIES LAUGHING AT US
ANYMORE, AND THEY WON'T BE. I WAS ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE
CITIZENS OF PITTSBURGH, NOT PARIS.
>> YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, THE GREAT IRONY IS THAT THEY ARE LAUGHING.
>> THEY'RE LAUGHING NOW. >> BUT THEY'RE NOT LAUGHING AT
AMERICA. THEY'RE LAUGHING AT DONALD
TRUMP. THE WORLD IS IN SHOCK.
>> I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK THEY'RE LAUGHING.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN EUROPE WHO, OF COURSE, WHEN
TRUMP WAS ELECTED THOUGHT THE WHOLE THING WAS A JOKE, NOW
THINK IT'S NOT SO MUCH SCARY AS SAD, THAT PEOPLE ARE DISMAYED AT
THE LACK OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ON WHAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE OF OUR TIME, CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND THERE'S A SENSE OF REAL SADNESS IN EUROPE ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO AMERICAN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP.
>> WE WERE SPEAKING AT THE GERMAN EMBASSY LAST NIGHT AND
THIS CAME UP, AND THE AUDIENCE
OF REALLY ACCOMPLISHED WOMEN WERE ALL SHAKING THEIR HEADS.
THEY HAD A LOOK OF A MIXTURE OF HORROR AND DISGUST ON THEIR
FACE, AS PERTAINS TO TRUMP AND EVERYTHING.
>> LET'S PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY DISAGREE
WITH ME. THERE WAS SO MUCH HYPERBOLE
FLYING AROUND YESTERDAY ON THE RIGHT, ON THE FAR RIGHT, ON
DONALD TRUMP IN TRUMP LAND, THE HYPERBOLE THAT IT WAS TAKING
AWAY OUR SOVEREIGNTY. IT'S VOLUNTARY.
WE SET THE GOALS FOR OURSELF. IT WAS A DEVICE TO TRY TO GET
COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA AND INDIA WHO ARE NOW DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
TO ACTUALLY ALSO SET GUIDELINES. IT'S VOLUNTARY.
THERE WAS NO SOVEREIGNTY LOSS BY THIS, THAT'S WHY IT WAS STUPID
TO GET OUT BECAUSE IT WAS VOLUNTARY.
THE UNITED STATES HAS ALREADY STARTED MAKING GREAT STRIDES
TOWARDS REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND THING IS, THE
SUGGESTION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HURT THE UNITED STATES
ECONOMY IS JUST ANOTHER LIE. IT'S JUST -- IT'S VOLUNTARY.
THERE'S A REASON WHY GARY COHN ON THE INSIDE, THE GUY THAT RAN
GOLDMAN SACHS SAID LET'S STAY IN, THERE'S A REASON GE SAID
LET'S STAY IN, A REASON WHY CEOs FROM EXXON SAID LET'S STAY IN, A
REASON WHY MOST OF THE LEADERS OF SILICON VALLEY SAID LET'S
STAY IN. IT'S NOT BAD IN THE LONG RUN FOR
THE ECONOMY, IT'S GOOD IN THE LONG RUN.
>> LLOYD BLANKFEIN'S FIRST TWEET EVER.
>> LLOYD BLANKFEIN AT GOLDMAN SACHS.
I HAVE TO SAY, IF YOU WANT TO STRIP IT DOWN -- THE HYPERBOLE,
THIS IS THE DAY THE WORLD CAME TO AN END.
NO. THIS IS HYPERBOLE.
IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HYPERBOLE THAT IS, YOU SEE WHAT
SOME OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE THOUGHT LEADERS WERE SAYING
ABOUT THE PARIS ACCORDS WHEN THEY WERE FIRST PASSED, THAT
THEY'RE TOOTHLESS, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
IT'S SYMBOLISM MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
THE PERSON -- WILLIE GEIST TALKS ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME, A
FRIEND OF HIS ONE OF THE FOREMOST CLIMATE SCIENTISTS WHO
CAME UP WITH THE THEORY OF GREENHOUSE GASES.
I REMEMBER HIM SHOWING ME THE E-MAIL THE MORNING AFTER PARIS
WAS SIGNED. HE SAID THIS IS A BUNCH OF BS.
EXCEPT HE DIDN'T SAY BS. ABSOLUTE GARBAGE.
THESE WERE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES SET.
GENE, THE IMPACT OF THIS, AT LEAST AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED --
MAYBE PEOPLE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE "THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW" AND
FLORIDA IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
THEY DON'T HELP THEIR CAUSE. THERE ARE TWO HUGE TAKEAWAYS.
NUMBER ONE, THE DAMAGE DONE TO US IS GRAVE DIPLOMATICALLY,
ACROSS EUROPE ESPECIALLY. DIPLOMATICALLY IT'S GRAVE AND
EUROPEANS DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE UNITED STATES WITHDRAWING
FROM THE WORLD, AND THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED.
THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MERKEL SAID LAST WEEK,
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR LEADERSHIP.
SECONDLY, AND I THINK MORE DISTURBINGLY, EVEN, IF YOU CAN
BELIEVE IT, THIS PROVES THAT DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT GIVE A
DAMN ABOUT THE WORLD, HE DOES NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE UNITED
STATES AS A WHOLE. HE CARES ABOUT HIS CORE 38%, AND
THIS IS THE STEVE BANNON EFFECT, THE SHORTSIGHTED STUPIDITY
YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON YOUR 38% TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE REST
OF THE COUNTRY. >> WELCOME TO THE BIZARRE NEW
NORMAL. >> AND WELCOME TO NANCY PELOSI
BEING SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. >> IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL IMPACT
ON CARBON EMISSIONS OF WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, IT WAS NIL.
WE WERE NEVER GOING TO MAKE THE PARIS TARGETS UNDER DONALD TRUMP
TO BEGIN WITH, RIGHT? BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO REVIVE
COAL, TRYING TO PUMP MORE OIL AND GAS.
BUT THE ABDICATION OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IS A HUGE DEAL.
I THINK WE'LL LOOK BACK ON YESTERDAY AS A VERY, VERY BIG
DEAL. >> IN TERMS OF AMERICAN
LEADERSHIP. >> IN TERMS OF AMERICAN
LEADERSHIP, THE WITHDRAWAL, AND IT MEANS SOMEBODY'S GOT TO STEP
UP. >> JEREMY, HOLD ON.
WE HAVE THE LEADERS OF FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY ISSUING A
JOINT STATEMENT SAYING THE PATH LAID OUT IN THEN THE ACCORD IS,
QUOTE, IRREVERSIBLE AND WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THE PARIS
AGREEMENT CANNOT BE RENEGOTIATED.
>> I REAFFIRM CLEARLY THAT THE PARIS AGREEMENT REMAINS
IRREVERSIBLE AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, NOT JUST BY FRANCE,
BUT BY ALL THE OTHER NATIONS. WE WILL SUCCEED BECAUSE WE ARE
FULLY COMMITTED, BECAUSE WHEREVER WE LIVE, WHEREVER WE
ARE, WE ALL SHARE THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY.
MAKE OUR PLANET GREAT AGAIN. >> ALSO REACTING YESTERDAY TO
TRUMP'S DECISION WAS GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL'S MAIN
COMPETITOR IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION, MARTIN SCHULTZ WHO HAS
BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN HIS DISTASTE FOR TRUMP TWEETING, YOU CAN
WITHDRAW FROM A CLIMATE AGREEMENT, BUT NOT FROM CLIMATE
CHANGE. MR. TRUMP, REALITY ISN'T JUST
ANOTHER STATEMENT YOU SHOVE AWAY.
THERE'S THAT. >> IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS AS A
MINI BREXIT FOR TRUMP, I THINK THAT'S HOW THEY SEE THIS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE. THIS IS ANOTHER SPOKE OUT OF THE
WHEEL OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
THEY SEE THIS AS A WAY OF DISMANTLING A POST WORLD WAR II
ORDER IN WHICH THERE WAS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY AND THERE WERE
GLOBAL CITIZENS THAT WERE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE A
MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD. THAT'S JUST NOT HOW THEY SEE THE
WORLD. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, OF
COURSE, IT ALLOWS FRANCE AND GERMANY AND OTHER EUROPEAN
LEADERS TO STEP INTO THAT VACUUM. CUUM.
>> AND MORE IMPORTANT CHINA. >> CHINA IS STEPPING UP AND
SAYING, OKAY, THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST SOLAR PANEL INDUSTRY IN
THE WORLD BY FAR ALREADY. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD
IN CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND WE'RE NOT.
>> IT'S MORE THAN JUST CLIMATE. I THINK CLIMATE WAS THE THIRD
PLACE WHERE CHINA HAS GOT A HUGE OPENING NOW.
FIRST WAS TRADE. SECOND WAS SECURITY, THE
PRESIDENT COMES HOME FROM HIS TRIP AND BASICALLY SENDS THE
MESSAGE THAT SECURITY ORDER IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
THOSE THREE ARE PILLARS OF INTERNATIONAL ORDER WHERE THE
UNITED STATES WAS FIRST AMONG EQUALS IN THE WEST.
THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT WANT THAT KIND OF WORLD AND IS IT GOING TO
MAKE THE LIFE BETTER FOR PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES?
TODAY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AND TO A
LOT OF PEOPLE. >> KATTY, TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT
YOU SAID, THERE IS IN EUROPE A GREAT FEAR AND ALMOST A MOURNING
THAT THE UNITED STATES IS WITHDRAWING, THAT TRUMP IS
JUST -- NOT FROM PARIS, BUT FROM EUROPE, FROM THE RELATIONSHIP
WE'VE HAD FOR OVER 50 YEARS. >> I THINK THERE IS A
REALIZATION IN EUROPE NOW THAT THE BOMBING IN SYRIA WAS A KIND
OF ABERRATION IN TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY, PEOPLE THOUGHT TRUMP WAS
NOT GOING TO BE THE ISOLATIONIST PRESIDENT, AND THEN THE
COMBINATION OF THE TRIP TO EUROPE AS MARK WAS SAYING AND
WITHDRAWING IMMEDIATELY FROM THE PARIS ACCORD, NOT JUST
WITHDRAWING FROM IT, BUT THE LANGUAGE HE USED YESTERDAY
WAS -- SMACKED SO MUCH OF THAT INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
WE WERE WAY BACK IN THE DARK DAYS WHERE THE REST OF THE WORLD
IS OUT TO GET AMERICA, IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AMERICA, AND I WILL
NEVER LET THEM. >> AGAIN, IT'S STEVE BANNON BACK
IN POWER AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND BANNON --
>> WITH JARED BEING UNDER SCRUTINY.
>> JARED BEING UNDER SCRUTINY AND BANNON IS HELL-BENT IN
MAKING SURE THAT 38% OF AMERICANS LOVE DONALD TRUMP.
HE'S GOING TO GET HIS WISH. 38% OF AMERICANS WILL LOVE
DONALD TRUMP AND NANCY PELOSI WILL BE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
IF DONALD TRUMP RUNS FOR RE-ELECTION HE WILL GET WIPED
OFF THE MAP. >> RICHARD HAASS TWEETED ABOUT
THE PARIS NEWS. HE SAYS WITH TPP AND PARIS
WITHDRAWS AND NATO UNCERTAINTY, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND HEALTH
CARE POLICY INCREASINGLY ONE IN THE SAME, REPEAL WITHOUT
REPLACE. MIKE BARNICLE, THE PRESIDENT'S
FOREIGN POLICY TEAM, WOULDN'T THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT
THE SYMBOLISM OF THE PAST 24 HOURS?
>> MIKA, YESTERDAY WAS SAD, IT WAS DEPRESSING, IT WAS CYNICAL,
IT WAS A VERBAL PORTRAIT FILLED WITH HALF TRUTHS AND NO TRUTHS,
A VERBAL PORTRAIT OF AMERICA IN RETREAT PLAYED OUT BY A MAN WITH
LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY OR OUR ROLE IN THE WORLD STAGE,
AND FOR THAT 38%, ALL I CAN SAY IS GET READY, 38% TRUMP
SUPPORTERS, TO BUY SOLAR PANELS MADE IN CHINA AT HOME DEPOT IN
ABOUT TEN YEARS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO. >> AND COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO
GO LIVE TO RUSSIA WHERE NBC'S KEIR SIMMONS TRACKED DOWN SERGEI
GOROKHOV, THE RUSSIAN STATE
BANKER. >> IS THAT THE GUY JARED MET
WITH? >> IS IT CALLED SPY SCHOOL?
>> WE'LL BE RIGHT

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