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[hydrophilic attack]

USA's time as a leader on the world stage seems to be over

 

[Leeness]

Canada getting in on this?

Good job, EU and China! Saving the planet! 👏

 

[jelly]

UK in and then out.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

the most infuriating thing is this isn't the choice of most americans, its a product of our fucked up political system which gives more power to people who are idiots. We're not a true democracy and the flaws are dooming us.

 

[FZZ]

China + EU gonna be the way of the future

damn

UK & US caught the fattest L's of the decade

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

The USA economy is so fucked. The next recession is going to be a killer

Yeah I base this on nothing more than my feelings and reading news coverage about technology... but it feels like we've turned a corner on the fight for climate change.

It's still early and we're still mostly fucked; but literally, the entire world except the GOP (and Nicaragua and Syria) has decided that we need to do something about climate change.

Renewable energy is like 5 years away from being completely mainstream. And the US will be left behind...

 

[hydrophilic attack]

China + EU gonna be the way of the future

damn

UK & US caught the fattest L's of the decade

From this point they should be called the ULA tbqh

 

[itsbenoclock]

Trump's legacy will be that of a tanking US economy and an infrastructure left to rot, or owned by the Chinese.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Yeah I base this on nothing more than my feelings and reading news coverage about technology... but it feels like we've turned a corner on the fight for climate change.

It's still early and we're still mostly fucked; but literally, the entire world except the GOP (and Nicaragua and Syria) has decided that we need to do something about climate change.

Renewable energy is like 5 years away from being completely mainstream. And the US will be left behind...

Nicaragua isn't in it because it wants more action and views paris as too weak.

Syria because they're in the middle of civil war.

Literally we are the only climate denying country.

 

[tuxfool]

The Convenient Disappearance of Climate Change Denial in China

Some interesting parallels in this article.

 

[slit]

Canada getting in on this?

Good job, EU and China! Saving the planet! ��

Well they're trying anyway. Unfortunately, the amount they would have to cut to counter the U.S. increasing pollution will be very difficult if not impossible. After all, the EU and China still have their economies to think about and will continue to pollute as well, even if not as much.

 

[LiK]

The US looks like a fucking joke now. Jesus Christ, Trump is such an ass.

 

[Condom]

People thought it was the EU that was done lol

 

[hydrophilic attack]

People thought it was the EU that was done lol

Dumb people

 

[bonesmccoy]

How much money do you need to implement a system to trade emissions though

More.

While this is kind of nice news - more international cooperation is important - let us not forget that China is a fucking environmental disaster.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Good, cant have Trump take us all down with him.

 

[plagiarize]

Trump is going to point to this as a win. He's basically holding the planet to hostage and it's sickening.

"We'll deny climate change is real and just do what we want, and the rest of the world is going to have to pick up the slack. So we won't have to shoulder the cost of fighting climate change! MAGA."

I hope the rest of the world sanction the shit out of the US.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Well I hope China and the Eu can make us look like fools then.

The age of America is over. We had a good 100 year run.

 

[Xando]

More.

Any source on this?

While this is kind of nice news - more international cooperation is important - let us not forget that China is a fucking environmental disaster.

So are the EU, India and the US.

The EU, India and China are willing to change that though.

 

[slit]

Trump is going to point to this as a win. He's basically holding the planet to hostage and it's sickening.

"We'll deny climate change is real and just do what we want, and the rest of the world is going to have to pick up the slack. So we won't have to shoulder the cost of fighting climate change! MAGA."

I hope the rest of the world sanction the shit out of the US.

China can't do that without crippling themselves. They won't do it.

 

[plagiarize]

Any source on this?




So are the EU, India and the US.

The EU, India and China are willing to change that though.

The EU, India and China are all already working to improve things too. It isn't just talk.

 

[tuxfool]

People thought it was the EU that was done lol

Brexiter wet dreams.

Given the general intelligence of brexiters, it would seem wise not to take their opinions as valuable.

 

[Palette Swap]

People thought it was the EU that was done lol

Well, this is a sign we've been utterly tricked by that Chinese hoax, while smart guy America walks away thanks to its enlightened and glorious leader.

 

[StrikeNinja24]

Even if you've purged Trump, Americans might just vote a worse-Trump within a decade.

If people didn't learn their lesson from Bush, I'm not confident they would learn it from Trump.... Or at the very least, the lesson would quickly be forgotten.

That was just the baby boomers doubling down. Trust me when I say the youth in this nation have wised up and are taking a much deeper interest in politics.

And we haven't even seen consequences happened to Trump yet. Bush had an economic crash, but it happened too late to really affect how he's viewed. Imagine if the rest of the world isolates the US in trade and policies and tells them to go pound sand, kicking out their troops and such.

As a US citizen, I would support teaching the ignorant that the US cannot do it alone. Companies and Corporations cannot run the show.

 

[Rootbeer]

How can the President justify ignoring every science authority in the country. Trump's piss-poor leadership that runs in the opposite direction of all evidence really is one for the history books. If we can make it long enough to put out an edition on his foibles.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

How can the President justify ignoring every science authority in the country. Trump's piss-poor leadership that runs in the opposite direction of all evidence really is one for the history books.

It's not just the president though, it's the whole party that gets support from half the country.

The Stubbornness to accept reality will literally kill a lot of people in the future.

 

[Gin-Shiio]

The US is the new China.

 

[Xando]

The US is the new China.

Nah the US is the new UK

 

[Beartruck]

I'm seriously thinking of just teaching chinese to my children as a 2nd language. Might be useful in a future business world.

 

[Osahi]

China is so ready to take over the position of the US on the world stage.

Make America Great Again couldn't be a more hollow slogan.

 

[inner-G]

They should implement a carbon tax

 

[le.phat]

The USA economy is so fucked. The next recession is going to be a killer

quoted for truthness. And here's the kicker: analysts are expecting the next recession to pop off within the next months as the morgage bubble is already back to it's 2008 pre-collapse status. The next recession's going to be on Trump's watch. Imagine the size of that L. Just picture it.

 

[Buba Big Guns]

Trump is going to point to this as a win. He's basically holding the planet to hostage and it's sickening.

"We'll deny climate change is real and just do what we want, and the rest of the world is going to have to pick up the slack. So we won't have to shoulder the cost of fighting climate change! MAGA."

I hope the rest of the world sanction the shit out of the US.

US already shot themselves in the foot if thats his thinking. The new economy will belong to China and the EU, and they'll reap the rewards

 

[Xando]

They should implement a carbon tax

According to wikipedia both the EU and China have.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

quoted for truthness. And here's the kicker: analysts are expecting the next recession to pop off within the next months as the morgage bubble is already back to it's 2008 pre-collapse status. The next recession's going to be on Trump's watch. Imagine the size of that L. Just picture it.

It won't be as good as you think because they would fucking blame it on Obamacare

 

[Beartruck]

quoted for truthness. And here's the kicker: analysts are expecting the next recession to pop off within the next months as the morgage bubble is already back to it's 2008 pre-collapse status. The next recession's going to be on Trump's watch. Imagine the size of that L. Just picture it.

How bad would this be for people who just bought a place? My sibling is signing on a house soon...

 

[BoogieWoogie]

People thought it was the EU that was done lol

If Le Pen had won, it sure would have been.

 

[Keasar]

I think we have reached the point in the Firefly lore where Chinese started to get more widespread.

 

[PyroPaperPlanes]

I think we have reached the point in the Firefly lore where Chinese started to get more widespread.

Don't forget Looper.

 

[Simplet]

I would like to take a moment here to quote myself from the "Merkel said the US and UK are not reliable partners any more" thread:

Saying that Europeans are going to give up the US for China is a real stretch, but you can bet your ass they're going to make a big show of joint environmental initiatives at the very least, especially if Trump pulls out of the Paris agreement.

I think I'm either a genius or this was extremely predictable and Trump is giving up any possible form of leadership or credibility on this issue.

 

[LegendofJoe]

The demise of oil is coming and it's coming soon:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-oil-projections/

The future will be here much sooner than most realize. Fossil fuels are a dying industry, the Republican party can't stop the transition. States like Oklahoma and Louisiana are completely fucked.

 

[Rymuth]

Trump is truly the great Uniter...except he's uniting everyone around the world against him.

 

[shaneskim]

UK in and then out.

 

[Zackat]

China cares

Thank goodness.

 

[Christian]

China more than happy to step up and fill in for the USA in all matters of international influence.

 

[Tiberius]

How can the President justify ignoring every science authority in the country. Trump's piss-poor leadership that runs in the opposite direction of all evidence really is one for the history books. If we can make it long enough to put out an edition on his foibles.

 

[Mohonky]

Said it about Australia, push comes to shove with Trump, a few people might end up shocked to find Australia starts leaning more toward China. That Europe is leaning more toward China doesn't really surprise me.

China is following Trump around and mopping up on all the dropped issues to win favour. More and more I suspect the US is going to have a lot of cleaning up to do when the next Government moves in repairing relationships with foreign countries.

 

[kess]

Win-win for Europe and Asia, really. The chance to upend one of the major pillars of the American economy while letting the US export them a finite resource in the short term.

Just because Trump lives in the 80s doesn't mean the rest of the world is. The American and Saudi Arabia axis is a losing proposition in the long run.

 

[roytheone]

While I am not the biggest fan of china on a lot of political fronts, I will admit they have been very good on the subject of climate change lately. This is positive news and I hope these kind of agreements will lead to america getting less influence on global politics.

 

[dragonelite]

Win-win for Europe and Asia, really. The chance to upend one of the major pillars of the American economy while letting the US export them a finite resource in the short term.

Just because Trump lives in the 80s doesn't mean the rest of the world is. The American and Saudi Arabia axis is a losing proposition in the long run.

Inbe4 China and Euro will start to rebuild the Silk road. Gotta transport dem electric vehicles.