Trump Paris Meta-Decision

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Ruler said:

Leadified said:

The problem with Trump leaving the Paris Agreement is inevitably when there will be a Democrat in the White House and they sign a new climate agreement; the terms will mostly likely be more harsh than Paris. On top of that, American coal companies lose overall influence to European and Chinese rivals that would dictate the rules.

I understand the appeal of Trump's America First policy but it couldn't have come at a worse possible time with a resurgent Russia and rising China.

And how is that exactly bad?

First of all how is Russia exactly rising? It has only 0.5% growth recently, dueto to the sanctions and the low oil price. And even if, how is Russia or China rising any way different than America and the West rising, or anyone else?

Declining American influence is bad for America. I'm not taking sides whether I think this is good or bad.

Sanctions won't last forever and continental Europe needs Russia more than Russia needs Europe. It's a very large country with a large amount of natural resources and growing foreign influence. It's not the Soviet Union but not as weak as the media wants you to believe.