The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Monday (20) that he will again withdraw his country from the Paris Climate Agreement, as he did in his first term (2016-2021) and to which the now former president Joe Biden returned. to join in 2021.
The announcement was made by the White House, through an email sent to international news agencies. “President Trump will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate”, says the text, according to information from the British newspaper Financial Times.
During his inauguration speech as the new US president at the Capitol, Trump promised to increase US oil production and eliminate subsidies created by Biden for the purchase of electric vehicles. In his words, the new administration will seek “the maximum use of oil and gas reserves in the United States”.
Throughout his political career, Trump criticized the Paris agreement as unfair to the United States, stating that it imposes limitations that harm national industry while benefiting other countries. The new withdrawal reinforces the Republican’s commitment to boosting the production of fossil fuels.