President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw
from the Paris accord on climate change. All but two countries
signed the agreement. But Trump said the deal puts the United States at a
disadvantage.
We reviewed a number of claims Trump made during his White House speech.
Trump: The Paris Agreement would result in "lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories and vastly diminished economic production."
Trump cited a number of negative statistics about the predicted economic impact from the climate deal, including a $3 trillion drop in gross domestic product, 6.5 million industrial sector jobs lost and 86 percent reduction in coal production, all by 2040.
Take Trumps statistics with a grain of salt.
Read more: Fact-checking Donald Trump's statement withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement | PolitiFact
We reviewed a number of claims Trump made during his White House speech.
Trump: The Paris Agreement would result in "lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories and vastly diminished economic production."
Trump cited a number of negative statistics about the predicted economic impact from the climate deal, including a $3 trillion drop in gross domestic product, 6.5 million industrial sector jobs lost and 86 percent reduction in coal production, all by 2040.
Take Trumps statistics with a grain of salt.
Read more: Fact-checking Donald Trump's statement withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement | PolitiFact
