Trump left isolated by Paris climate deal withdrawal
The decision rolls back years of progress to mitigate climate change and puts him at loggerheads with major energy firms and most other nations
President Donald Trump may be seen by some as the king of Tweets—especially those in block capitals—but Emmanuel Macron (his French counterpart) is competing hard for the crown. In response to Trump's "Make America Great Again" populist slogan, and following the president's announcement on 1 June that he would withdraw the US from the Paris climate change agreement, President Macron tweeted, in very large letters: "Make our planet great again". In doing so, he neatly summed up the dangers of neglecting climate change, while also highlighting the US administration's isolation from much of the rest of the planet—and quite a bit of his own country—on the issue. It remains unclear exactly what T

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