Trump announces U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement

President Trump announced in a Rose Garden ceremony on June 1, 2017, that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, citing economic concerns and arguing the accord unfairly disadvantaged American workers. Under the agreement's terms, the formal withdrawal could not take effect until November 4, 2020 — one day after the 2020 presidential election. The US became the only nation in the world to formally withdraw from the accord.